God’s Word Translation
1 Chronicles 6:14
14Azariah was the father of Seraiah. Seraiah was the father of 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Azariah fathered Seraiah, Seraiah fathered Jehozadak;
- New King James Version (NKJV)Azariah begot Seraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadak.
Context of 1 Chronicles 6:14
12Ahitub was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Shallum. 13Shallum was the father of Hilkiah. Hilkiah was the father of Azariah. Azariah was the father of Seraiah. Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak. 15Jehozadak was taken captive when the Lord used Nebuchadnezzar to take Judah and Jerusalem away into captivity. 16Levi’s sons were 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 25:18The captain of the guard took the chief priest Seraiah, the second priest Zephaniah, and the 3 doorkeepers.
- Ezra 7:1After these things, during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia, Ezra left Babylon. Ezra was the son of Seraiah, who was the son of Azariah, who was the son of Hilkiah,
- Nehemiah 11:11Seraiah, who was the son of Hilkiah, who was the son of Meshullam, who was the son of Zadok, who was the son of Meraioth, who was the son of Ahitub, who was the supervisor of God’s temple.
- Zechariah 6:11Take the silver and gold, make a crown, and put it on the head of Chief Priest Joshua, son of Jehozadak.
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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