Christian Standard Bible
1 Chronicles 6:8
8Ahitub fathered Zadok; Zadok fathered Ahimaaz;
1 Chronicles 6:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
- New International Version (NIV)Ahitub the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Ahimaaz,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Ahimaaz,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz;
Context of 1 Chronicles 6:8
6Uzzi fathered Zerahiah; Zerahiah fathered Meraioth; 7Meraioth fathered Amariah; Amariah fathered Ahitub; Ahitub fathered Zadok; Zadok fathered Ahimaaz; 9Ahimaaz fathered Azariah; Azariah fathered Johanan; 10Johanan fathered Azariah, who served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem;
Read all of 1 Chronicles 61 Chronicles 6:8 word by word
וַאֲחִיטוּב֙ הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־צָד֔וֹק וְצָד֖וֹק הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־אֲחִימָֽעַץ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 6:8
- 2 Samuel 8:17Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was court secretary;
- 2 Samuel 15:35Won’t the priests Zadok and Abiathar be there with you? Report everything you hear from the palace to the priests Zadok and Abiathar.
- 2 Samuel 17:15Hushai then told the priests Zadok and Abiathar, “This is what Ahithophel advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I advised.
- 2 Samuel 20:25Sheva was court secretary; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
- 1 Kings 1:8but the priest Zadok, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the prophet Nathan, Shimei, Rei, and David’s royal guard did not side with Adonijah.
- 1 Kings 2:35Then the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed the priest Zadok in Abiathar’s place.
- 2 Samuel 15:27The king also said to the priest Zadok, “Look, return to the city in peace and your two sons with you: your son Ahimaaz and Abiathar’s son Jonathan.
- 2 Samuel 17:17Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, because they dared not be seen entering the city.
- 2 Samuel 18:19Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the Lord has vindicated him by freeing him from his enemies.”
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Ahitub begat Zadok - Through this person the high priesthood came again into the family of Eleazar.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-15After the exile in Babylon, the Judean community needed to confirm the legitimate ancestry of the priests. This genealogy of Kohath linked the ancestors from the Pentateuch to the high priests up to Judah's exile in 586 BC. Other records connected the priests after the exile to this lineage (see Ezra 3:2; 7:1–6; Haggai 1:1). Not all high priests were included in this list.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-481Ch 6:1-48. Line of the Priests. 5. Uzzi--It is supposed that, in his days, the high priesthood was, for unrecorded reasons, transferred from Eleazar's family to Ithamar's, in which it continued for several generations.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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