Zadok

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Zadok () is a Hebrew name, meaning "righteous", and was the name of several individuals in the Hebrew Bible:
*Zadok (High Priest), the first high priest of the Israelites in Jerusalem after it was conquered by David. Also written as Zadoq (Ts+D+Q).
*The father of Jerusha, who was wife of King Uzziah, and mother of King Jotham (2 Kings 15:33; 2 Chr. 27:1).
*"The scribe" set over the treasuries of the temple by Nehemiah along with a priest and a Levite (Nehemiah 13:13).
*The son of Baana, one of those who assisted in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem (Neh. 3:4).
*The Hebrew term for Sadducees (Zadokim), the Priestly sect during the time of the Second Temple
*A founder of the Zealots along with Judas of GalileeJosephus, Antiquities of the Jews Book 18, Chapter 1
*Rabbi Tzadok was a respected member of the sages in Jerusalem in the first century. He is famous for a fast he began 40 years before the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE wherein he would eat and live off of one fig per day only.
== Contemporary people ==
*Rachel Zadok is a South-African writer currently based in London, England.
*Erez Zadok is the current maintainer of the Berkeley Automounter
*Haim Yosef Zadok (1913-2002) was an Israeli jurist and politician.
== Fictional people ==
*Zadok Allen is a character in the H. P. Lovecraft story, The Shadow Over Innsmouth.
*Avi Zadok is the head of Mossad in story The Last Jihad by Joel C. Rosenberg
*Zadok, named after the biblical figure, is a golem from the webcomic One Over Zero.
==Music==
Zadok the Priest is an 18th-century coronation anthem that was composed by Handel for the coronation of George II.
==Other==
*Zadok or Zadoc (zãdo:k) is a small village about Birjand.
*Haim Zadok & Co. is a Tel Aviv law firm.
== References ==
Category:Hebrew Bible people
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