1 Chronicles 6:53

1 Chronicles 6:53 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Zadok his son, and Ahimaaz his son.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Zadok, and Ahimaaz.

Context of 1 Chronicles 6:53

51Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, 52Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, Zadok his son and Ahimaaz his son. 54These were the locations of their settlements allotted as their territory (they were assigned to the descendants of Aaron who were from the Kohathite clan, because the first lot was for them): 55They were given Hebron in Judah with its surrounding pasturelands.

1 Chronicles 6:53 word by word

צָד֥וֹק בְּנ֖וֹ אֲחִימַ֥עַץ בְּנֽוֹ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Zadokצָדוֹקtsâdôq · ZadokH6659
• his sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• Ahimaazאֲחִימַ֫עַץ'ăchîyma‛ats · AhimaazH290

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 6:53

• 1 Chronicles 6:8Ahitub the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Ahimaaz,
• 1 Chronicles 12:28and Zadok, a brave young warrior, with 22 officers from his family;
• 1 Chronicles 23:16The descendants of Gershom: Shubael was the first.
• 1 Chronicles 24:3With the help of Zadok a descendant of Eleazar and Ahimelek a descendant of Ithamar, David separated them into divisions for their appointed order of ministering.
• 1 Samuel 2:35I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will do according to what is in my heart and mind. I will firmly establish his priestly house, and they will minister before my anointed one always.
• 2 Samuel 8:17Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelek son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was secretary;
• 2 Samuel 15:24Zadok was there, too, and all the Levites who were with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. They set down the ark of God, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had finished leaving the city.
• 2 Samuel 17:15Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel to do such and such, but I have advised them to do so and so.
• 2 Samuel 20:25Sheva was secretary; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
• 1 Kings 1:8But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei and Rei and David’s special guard did not join Adonijah.
• 1 Kings 2:35The king put Benaiah son of Jehoiada over the army in Joab’s position and replaced Abiathar with Zadok the priest.
• 1 Kings 4:4Benaiah son of Jehoiada—commander in chief; Zadok and Abiathar—priests;
• Ezekiel 44:15“ ‘But the Levitical priests, who are descendants of Zadok and who guarded my sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from me, are to come near to minister before me; they are to stand before me to offer sacrifices of fat and blood, declares the Sovereign Lord.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6:53

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 50-53The list of priests from Aaron to Ahimaaz introduces the territorial list (1 Chronicles 6:54–81). The list continues to the time of David, when Ahimaaz served (2 Samuel 15:36; 17:17–29; 18:19–29).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 6:53

• Aaron
• Ahimaaz

In the dictionaries

• Zadok
• Ahimaaz
• Abiasaph
• Chronicles, Books of
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Genealogy
• Phinees
• Priest, High
• Priests and Levites
• Shimei

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