1 Chronicles 6:8
6 Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah, Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth,
7 Meraioth was the father of Amariah, Amariah was the father of Ahitub,
Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz,
9 Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah, Azariah was the father of Johanan,
10 Johanan was the father of Azariah, who served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem,
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.
Compare
- BSB
- Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz,
- KJV
- And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
- WEB
- Ahitub became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Ahimaaz.
- ASV
- and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
- DARBY
- and Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz,
- BLB
- and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
- ÅB
- og Akitub fikk sønnen Sadok, og Sadok fikk sønnen Akima'as,
- OTB
- og Ahitub fikk sønnen Sadok, og Sadok fikk sønnen Ahimaas,
- B1930
- og Akitub fikk sønnen Sadok, og Sadok fikk sønnen Akima'as,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Samuel 15:27
The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace—you with your son Ahimaaz, and Abiathar with his son Jonathan.
Read in context2 Samuel 8:17
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;
Read in context1 Kings 2:35
And the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.
Read in context1 Kings 1:34
There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’
Read in context1 Kings 1:44
And with Solomon, the king has sent Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, and they have set him on the king’s mule.
Read in context2 Samuel 20:25
Sheva was the scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
Read in context2 Samuel 18:19
Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.”
Read in context2 Samuel 17:20
When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
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