1 Chronicles 9:11
in 1 Chronicles 9Azariah 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;
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;
KJV
And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;
⋯
This verse in 1 Chronicles 9
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd Azariah the son of Hilkiah,.... That is, the son of Azariah, whose name was Seraiah, see 1Ch 6:13, whose pedigree is traced up from Hilkiah through Meshullam, called Shallum, 1Ch 6:12. Zadok, Meraioth, to Ahitub: the ruler of the house of God; high priest in it; which is to be understood of Ahitub, and not of Azariah or Seraiah in the time of Ezra; for Joshua was then high priest.
This site's exposition
From the priests
on 1 Chronicles 9:10-16
Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, and Jachin are three of the twenty-four priestly courses set out in 1 Chronicles 24: Jehoiarib first, Jedaiah second, Jachin twenty-first. The returned priesthood thus takes up an order older than the exile. The Levites named through verse 16 trace back to Merari and to Asaph.
This site's exposition
Azariah son of Hilkiah
Nehemiah 11:11 has Seraiah where this verse has Azariah, and Meshullam here is the Shallum of 1 Chronicles 6:12 to 13. Clarke takes the chief official as the high priest's deputy, since Jeshua held the high priesthood; Gill applies the title to Ahitub. The line is Zadok's.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
) not the chief ruler, for Joshua was then the high priest, but the sagan, and the next under him, his deputy, who perhaps applied more diligently to the business than the high priest himself. In the house of God it is requisite that there be rulers, not to make new laws, but to take care that the laws of God be duly observed by priests as well as people.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation+unbalanced-parens
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The ruler of the house of God - The high priest at this time was Jeshua the son of Jozadak, (Ezr 3:8), and Seraiah, (Neh 11:11), called here Azariah, was the ruler of the house; the person next in authority to the high priest, and who probably had the guard of the temple and command of the priests, Levites, etc. It is likely that the person here was the same as is called the second priest, 2Ki 25:18 (note), who was the sagan or high priest’s deputy. See the note there.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַעֲזַרְיָ֨ה | vaazaryah | and Azariah | H5838 → | 49 times |
| בֶן־ | ven- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| חִלְקִיָּ֜ה | chilkiyah | Hilkiah | H2518 → | 34 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| מְשֻׁלָּ֣ם | meshulam | Meshullam | H4918 → | 25 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| צָד֗וֹק | tzadok | Zadok | H6659 → | 53 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| מְרָיוֹת֙ | merayot | Meraioth | H4812 → | 7 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֲחִיט֔וּב | ʾachituv | Ahitub | H285 → | 15 times |
| נְגִ֖יד | negid | [the] leader of | H5057 → | 45 times |
| בֵּ֥ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ ס | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
וַעֲזַרְיָ֨הand Azariah
vaazaryahH5838 →49 times
בֶן־[the] son of
ven-H1121 →4930 times
חִלְקִיָּ֜הHilkiah
chilkiyahH2518 →34 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
מְשֻׁלָּ֣םMeshullam
meshulamH4918 →25 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
צָד֗וֹקZadok
tzadokH6659 →53 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
מְרָיוֹת֙Meraioth
merayotH4812 →7 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
אֲחִיט֔וּבAhitub
ʾachituvH285 →15 times
נְגִ֖יד[the] leader of
negidH5057 →45 times
בֵּ֥ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ ס<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 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
2 Kings 23:4Then 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…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 21:7
Manasseh even took the carved Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in…
- 2 Kings 21:3
For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped…
- 2 Chronicles 33:3
For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of…
- 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.
- 2 Chronicles 34:3–4
In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem…
- 2 Kings 21:7
Through
Acts 5:24When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.
it leads to
Through
Numbers 4:33This is the service of the Merarite clans according to all their work at the Tent of Meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”
it leads to
- Numbers 4:28
This is the service of the Gershonite clans at the Tent of Meeting, and their duties shall be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
- Numbers 4:28
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies2
About 1 Chronicles

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Berean Standard Bible, Nehemiah 11:11; 1 Chronicles 6:12 to 13; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
