1 Chronicles 6:8
in 1 Chronicles 6Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
KJV
And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 6
Commentary
5 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
Ahitub was the father of Zadok
Zadok anointed Solomon king, and Solomon then made him priest in the place of Abiathar (1 Kings 1:39; 1 Kings 2:35). His son Ahimaaz carried news to David during Absalom's revolt (2 Samuel 15:27; 18:19 to 29). Ezekiel 44:15 later gives the altar to Zadok's sons.
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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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Ahitub begat Zadok - Through this person the high priesthood came again into the family of Eleazar.
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 |
| אֲחִימָֽעַץ׃ | ʾachimaatz | Ahimaaz | H290 → | 15 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
אֲחִימָֽעַץ׃Ahimaaz
ʾachimaatzH290 →15 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 Kings 1:34There 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!’
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 10:1
Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?
- 1 Kings 1:25
For today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest.…
- 2 Samuel 15:10
Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”
- 2 Samuel 5:3
So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.
- 2 Kings 9:3
Then take the flask of oil, pour it on his head, and declare, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and run. Do not delay!”
- 1 Samuel 10:1
Through
2 Samuel 15:27The 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.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 9:9
(Formerly in Israel, a man on his way to inquire of God would say, “Come, let us go to the seer.” For the prophet of today was formerly called the seer.)
- 2 Samuel 17:17
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, for they dared not be…
- 1 Samuel 9:9
Through
1 Kings 2:35And the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 2:27
So Solomon banished Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD and thus fulfilled the word that the LORD had spoken at Shiloh against the house of Eli.
- 1 Kings 2:27
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Chronicles

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Berean Standard Bible, 1 Kings 1:39; 1 Kings 2:35; 2 Samuel 15:27; 2 Samuel 18:19 to 29; Ezekiel 44:15; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
