English Standard Version
1 Chronicles 6:14
14Azariah fathered Seraiah, Seraiah fathered Jehozadak;
1 Chronicles 6:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,
- New International Version (NIV)Azariah the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah the father of Jozadak.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Azariah begot Seraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadak.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Azariah was the father of Seraiah. Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak,
Context of 1 Chronicles 6:14
12Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Shallum, 13Shallum fathered Hilkiah, Hilkiah fathered Azariah, Azariah fathered Seraiah, Seraiah fathered Jehozadak; 15and Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. 16The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 61 Chronicles 6:14 word by word
וַעֲזַרְיָה֙ הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־שְׂרָיָ֔ה וּשְׂרָיָ֖ה הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־יְהוֹצָדָֽק׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 6:14
- 2 Kings 25:18And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest and the three keepers of the threshold;
- Ezra 7:1Now after this, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah,
- Nehemiah 11:11Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, ruler of the house of God,
- Zechariah 6:11Take from them silver and gold, and make a crown, and set it on the head of Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Seraiah - He was put to death by Nebuchadnezzar, 2 Kings 25:18, 2 Kings 25:21.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. 1414. Azariah begat Seraiah--He filled the supreme pontifical office at the destruction of Jerusalem, and, along with his deputy and others, he was executed by Nebuchadnezzar's orders at Riblah (2Ki 25:18, 21). The line of high priests, under the first temple, which from Zadok amounted to twelve, terminated with him.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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