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1 Chronicles 6:8
8Ahitub the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Ahimaaz,
1 Chronicles 6:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Ahimaaz,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz;
- New Living Translation (NLT)Ahitub was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz.
Context of 1 Chronicles 6:8
6Uzzi the father of Zerahiah, Zerahiah the father of Meraioth, 7Meraioth the father of Amariah, Amariah the father of Ahitub, Ahitub the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Ahimaaz, 9Ahimaaz the father of Azariah, Azariah the father of Johanan, 10Johanan the father of Azariah (it was he who served as priest in the temple 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 Ahimelek son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was secretary;
- 2 Samuel 15:35Won’t the priests Zadok and Abiathar be there with you? Tell them anything you hear in the king’s palace.
- 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.
- 2 Samuel 15:27The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Do you understand? Go back to the city with my blessing. Take your son Ahimaaz with you, and also Abiathar’s son Jonathan. You and Abiathar return with your two sons.
- 2 Samuel 17:17Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En Rogel. A female servant was to go and inform them, and they were to go and tell King David, for they could not risk being seen entering the city.
- 2 Samuel 18:19Now Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Let me run and take the news to the king that the Lord has vindicated him by delivering him from the hand of 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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