name means “righteous”
צָדוֹק ṣāḏôq H6659
From צָדַק (Ts-D-Q), connecting him to Melchizedek, Adonizedek , and prefiguring Joshua
replaced Abiathar, who conspired against Solomon.
Zadokite dynasty lasted 928 years, from about –1000 to 172 BCE (Jason, son of )
Jesus flees to Egypt because thats where Onias, last Zadokite, had built a temple in Leontopolis. In the so-called “land of Onias,” the Zadokites [see Onias IV at wiki] occupied a prominent military position. In the course of time the family of Onias lost its prestige, and the later Alabarchs belonged to another family, not entitled to the rank of high priest. The Temple of Onias was closed in 73 CE by order of Vespasian in the aftermath of the First Jewish-Roman War.[2]