Bible Person

Zadok

Meaning: just; justified · Male · 1 cross reference

This Zadok entry refers to the scribe set over the storerooms in Nehemiah 13:13, not to the covenant signer or the priestly house more broadly. He belongs to the restored administration entrusted with temple resources. First appears in Neh 13:13.1

AI summary: This Zadok matters because his single cross reference places him among those appointed over the storerooms under Nehemiah. The entry helps show that restoration required trustworthy oversight of offerings and supplies, not only rebuilding and worship. Taken together, the material presents this Zadok as an administrator in restored Jerusalem.1

Central Figure

Zadok

Meaning: just; justified

“The scribe” set over the treasuries of the temple by Nehemiah along with a priest and a Levite (Neh.