New King James Version
1 Chronicles 6:8
8Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz;
1 Chronicles 6:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
- New International Version (NIV)Ahitub the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Ahimaaz,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Ahimaaz,
- New Living Translation (NLT)Ahitub was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz.
Context of 1 Chronicles 6:8
6Uzzi begot Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begot Meraioth; 7Meraioth begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub; Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz; 9Ahimaaz begot Azariah, and Azariah begot Johanan; 10Johanan begot Azariah (it was he who ministered as priest in the temple that 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 the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah was the scribe;
- 2 Samuel 15:35And do you not have Zadok and Abiathar the priests with you there? Therefore it will be that whatever you hear from the king’s house, you shall tell to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
- 2 Samuel 17:15Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, “Thus and so Ahithophel advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and so I have advised.
- 2 Samuel 20:25Sheva was scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were the priests;
- 1 Kings 1:8But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David were not with Adonijah.
- 1 Kings 2:35The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army, and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.
- 2 Samuel 15:27The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
- 2 Samuel 17:17Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed at En Rogel, for they dared not be seen coming into the city; so a female servant would come and tell them, and they would go and tell King David.
- 2 Samuel 18:19Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, “Let me run now and take the news to the king, how the Lord has avenged him 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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