New English Translation
1 Chronicles 6:14
14Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and 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, and Zadok was the father of Shallum. 13Shallum was the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah was the father of Azariah. Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak. 15Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent the people of Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. 16(6:1) The 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 25:18The captain of the royal guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah, the priest who was second in rank, and the three doorkeepers.
- Ezra 7:1Now after these things had happened, during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia, Ezra came up from Babylon. Ezra was the son of Seraiah, who was the son of Azariah, who was the son of Hilkiah,
- Nehemiah 11:11Seraiah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, supervisor in the temple of God,
- Zechariah 6:11Then take some silver and gold to make a crown and set it on the head of Joshua 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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