1 Chronicles 6:7

1 Chronicles 6:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
• New International Version (NIV)Meraioth the father of Amariah, Amariah the father of Ahitub,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Meraioth fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Meraioth begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub;

Context of 1 Chronicles 6:7

5And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, 6And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth, Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 8And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, 9And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,

1 Chronicles 6:7 word by word

מְרָיוֹת֙ הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־אֲמַרְיָ֔ה וַאֲמַרְיָ֖ה הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־אֲחִיטֽוּב׃Read the interlinear

• Meraiothמְרָיוֹתmerâyôth · MeraiothH4812
• begatיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• Amariahאֲמַרְיָ֫הוּ'ămaryâh 'ămaryâhû · AmariahH568
• Ahitubאֲחִיטוּב'ăchîyţûb · AhitubH285

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 6:7

• Ezra 7:3The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
• 1 Samuel 14:3And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I–chabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, Yhwh's priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6:7

• 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

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 6:7

• Aaron
• Amariah
• Meraioth

In the dictionaries

• Ahitub
• Amariah
• Meraioth
• Zadok
• Abiasaph
• Chronicles, Books of
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Egypt
• Ezra
• Genealogy

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