The Sons of Zadok (Hebrew: בְּנֵי צָדוֹק, romanized: bǝnē Ṣādōq) is a lineage of priests (kohanim) descended from Zadok that is described in the prophecies...

Solomon's building of the First Temple in Jerusalem, Zadok was the first High Priest to serve there. The prophet Ezekiel extols the sons of Zadok as staunch opponents...

Hananiah (Nehemiah 7:2) Joshua the High Priest, (Tribe of Levi) Ezra (High Priest) (457 BCE) (Sons of Zadok) Johanan (High Priest) (c. 410–371 BCE) Jaddua (High...

belonged to priestly families from the sons of Zadok. This tradition came to an end in the 2nd century BCE during the rule of the Hasmoneans, when the position...

Ahitub) Abiathar, son of Ahimelech Abiathar was removed from the high priesthood for conspiring against King Solomon, and was replaced by Zadok, who oversaw...

them into a new covenant with God, one concerning the Kohen (priest) Sons of Zadok, chosen by God who will act “like angels” and lead Israel after the...

Jewish law, they observed a strict hierarchy favoring priests (the Sons of Zadok) over laypeople, emphasized ritual purity, and held a dualistic worldview...

scholars note that it was not uncommon for some members of the Zadokite clan (Sons of Zadok) to take on an unofficial high-priestly role, which may explain...

abbreviation of Kohen Tzadok (meaning the name-bearer is of patrilineal priestly descent of the Sons of Zadok).[citation needed] The use of the abbreviated...

2:26) and the "king's counselor" (1 Chr. 27:33–34). Meanwhile, Zadok, of the house of Eleazar, had been made High Priest. According to the Jewish Encyclopedia...