1 Chronicles 6:14 BSB

1 Chronicles 6:14

Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak;

KJV

And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,

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Commentary

2 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Azariah begat Seraiah--He filled the supreme pontifical office at the destruction of Jerusalem, and, along with his deputy and others, he was executed by Nebuchadnezzar's orders at Riblah (2Ki 25:18, 21).

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Aaron, 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.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַעֲזַרְיָה֙	va.'a.zar.Yah	and Azariah	H5838 →
הוֹלִ֣יד	ho.Lid	he fathered	H3205 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
שְׂרָיָ֔ה	se.ra.Yah	Seraiah	H8304 →
וּשְׂרָיָ֖ה	u.se.ra.Yah	and Seraiah	H8304 →
הוֹלִ֥יד	ho.Lid	he fathered	H3205 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יְהוֹצָדָֽק׃	ye.ho.tza.Dak	Jehozadak	H3087 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Zechariah 6:11
Take silver and gold, make an ornate crown, and set it on the head of the high priest, Joshua son of Jehozadak.
leads to
- Psalms 21:3
  For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.
- Zechariah 3:1
  Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
- Song of Solomon 3:11
  Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown his mother bestowed on the day of his wedding— the day of his heart’s rejoicing.
Through
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.
leads to
- Ezra 7:1
  Many years later, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
- Jeremiah 21:1
  This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said,
- Jeremiah 29:25
  this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah,…
Through
Ezra 7:1
Many years later, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
leads to
- Nehemiah 2:1
  Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad…
- 1 Chronicles 6:4–14
  Eleazar was the father of Phinehas, Phinehas was the father of Abishua,

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02Original language & word study

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06About 1 Chronicles

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

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About 1 Chronicles