1 Chronicles 6:12
in 1 Chronicles 6Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Shallum,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
KJV
And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 6
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAaron, and Moses, and Miriam, we have known much more of than their names, and cannot pass them over here without remembering that this was that Moses and Aaron whom God honoured in making them instruments of Israel's deliverance and settlement and figures of him that was to come, Moses as a prophet and Aaron as a priest.
This site's exposition
Eleazar was the father of Phinehas
on 1 Chronicles 6:4-15
The priestly line runs from Aaron's grandson Phinehas through Zadok, who served David and Solomon, down to Jehozadak. Barnes flags a gap between Amariah and Hilkiah, three generations for a span the list of Judah's kings puts near two hundred years. The priesthood ends in Babylon as the kingdom did.
This site's exposition
Zadok was the father of Shallum
This Zadok is a later priest who bears the name of David's priest in verse 8. Shallum stands where 1 Chronicles 9:11 and Nehemiah 11:11 have Meshullam, between Zadok and Hilkiah. The line now nears the reign of Josiah.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
All these here named were not high priests; for, in the time of the judges, that dignity was, upon some occasion or other, brought into the family of Ithamar, of which Eli was; but in Zadok it returned again to the right line. Of Azariah it is here said (
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
The sons of Elkanah: his son Zophai, etc. Each of these is a son of the one before.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַאֲחִיטוּב֙ | vaachituv | and Ahitub | H285 → | 15 times |
| הוֹלִ֣יד | holid | he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| צָד֔וֹק | tzadok | Zadok | H6659 → | 53 times |
| וְצָד֖וֹק | vetzadok | and Zadok | H6659 → | 53 times |
| הוֹלִ֥יד | holid | he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שַׁלּֽוּם׃ | shalum | Shallum | H7967 → | 27 times |
וַאֲחִיטוּב֙and Ahitub
vaachituvH285 →15 times
הוֹלִ֣ידhe fathered
holidH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
צָד֔וֹקZadok
tzadokH6659 →53 times
וְצָד֖וֹקand Zadok
vetzadokH6659 →53 times
הוֹלִ֥ידhe fathered
holidH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שַׁלּֽוּם׃Shallum
shalumH7967 →27 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Chronicles 9:11Azariah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief official of God’s temple;
it leads to
- Nehemiah 11:11
Jedaiah son of Joiarib; Jachin; Seraiah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief official of the house of God;
- Acts 5:24
When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.
- Numbers 4:15–16
When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they…
- 2 Kings 23:4
Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the…
- 2 Kings 25:18
The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
- Nehemiah 11:11
Through
Nehemiah 11:11Jedaiah son of Joiarib; Jachin; Seraiah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief official of the house of God;
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 9:11
Azariah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief official of God’s temple;
- Numbers 3:32
The chief of the leaders of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest; he oversaw those responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.
- 2 Chronicles 31:13
Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the authority of Conaniah and his brother Shimei, by appointment of King Hezekiah and of Azariah the chief official of…
- 1 Chronicles 9:11
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About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Berean Standard Bible, 1 Chronicles 9:11; Nehemiah 11:11; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.