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Zadok (Hebrew: צדוק‎) is a Hebrew name, meaning "righteous".

Contents 1 Hebrew Bible 2 Contemporary people 3 Fictional people 4 Music

[edit] Hebrew Bible

Zadok was the name of several individuals in the Hebrew Bible.

1. The first high priest of the Israelites in Jerusalem after it was conquered by David. Zadok is a Canaanite name, not Israelite. He was probably the High Priest of a Canaanite cult in Jerusalem, but kept on as high priest (Cohen haGodol) of the "Yahweh" cult by David, in order to keep the locals on side after Jerusalem was captured from the time of Kings David and Solomon - See Zadok (High Priest).
2. The father of Jerusha, who was wife of King Uzziah, and mother of King Jotham (2 Kings 15:33; 2 Chr. 27:1).
3. "The scribe" set over the treasuries of the temple by Nehemiah along with a priest and a Levite (Nehemiah 13:13).
4. The son of Baana, one of those who assisted in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem (Neh. 3:4).
5. The Hebrew term for Sadducees, the Priestly sect during the time of the Second Temple
6. A founder of the Zealots along with Judas of Galilee

[edit] Contemporary people

• Rachel Zadok is a South-African writer currently based in London, England.
• Erez Zadok is the current maintainer of the Berkeley Automounter

[edit] Fictional people

Zadok Allen is a character in the H. P. Lovecraft story, The Shadow Over Innsmouth.

[edit] Music

Zadok the Priest is an 18th century coronation anthem that was composed by Handel for the coronation of George II.