3 Kings 4:5
Azarias the son of Nathan, over them that were about the king: Zabud, the son of Nathan the priest, the king's friend:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Azarias filius Nathan super eos qui assistebant regi : Zabud filius Nathan sacerdos, amicus regis :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ Ὀρνειὰ υἱὸς Ναθὰν ἐπὶ τῶν καθεσταμένων, καὶ Ζαβοὺθ υἱὸς Ναθὰν ἑταῖρος τοῦ βασιλέως,
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַעֲזַרְיָ֥הוּ בֶן נָתָ֖ן עַל הַנִּצָּבִ֑ים וְזָב֧וּד בֶּן נָתָ֛ן כֹּהֵ֖ן רֵעֶ֥ה הַמֶּֽלֶךְ
Haydock's commentary
King. President of the council, (Menochius) steward of the household.
Priest refers to Zabud here, though the Hebrew is ambiguous. It means also a prince. (Haydock)
He was chief officer and favourite of Solomon, (Calmet) as Chusai had been of David, 2 Kings xvi. 16.
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.