1 Chronicles 6:10

8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,

9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,

And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest’s office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)

11 And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Johanan was the father of Azariah, who served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem,
KJV
And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest’s office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)
WEB
Johanan became the father of Azariah, who executed the priest’s office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem.
ASV
and Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest`s office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem),
DARBY
and Johanan begot Azariah (he is it that exercised the priesthood in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem);
BLB
and Johanan begat Azariah, he who ministered as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem.
ÅB
Johanan fikk sønnen Asarja; det var han som gjorde prestetjeneste[^1] i det hus som Salomo hadde bygget i Jerusalem.
OTB
og Johanan fikk sønnen Asarja (det var han som tjente som prest i huset som Salomo bygde i Jerusalem),
B1930
Johanan fikk sønnen Asarja; det var han som gjorde prestetjeneste i det hus som Salomo hadde bygget i Jerusalem. / < nemlig i Kong Ussias' tid.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Kings 6:1–7

    And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

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  • 2 Chronicles 3:1

    Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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  • 2 Chronicles 3:4

    And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

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  • 2 Chronicles 26:17–20

    And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:

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