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    Zadok

    ZAY-dok

    Hebrew
    Boy
    In the King James Bible
    Meaning
    Righteous; Just
    Origin
    Hebrew
    Is it in the Bible?
    Yes — Zadok (spelled Sadoc in the King James Bible) appears in the King James Bible, including 1 Kings 1:39.
    First appears in
    2 Samuel — The united and divided kingdom
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Zadok — 'righteous' — served through two kings and two coups without compromising. His family earned the privilege of eternal temple service because they 'kept the charge' when others strayed.
    King James verses
    • 1 Kings 1:39

      "And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon."

    • Ezekiel 44:15

      "But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me."

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