1 Chronicles 6:11
in 1 Chronicles 6Azariah was the father of Amariah, Amariah was the father of Ahitub,
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ASV
and Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
KJV
And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 6
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Ahitub - Between Amariah and Hilkiah 1Ch 6:13 this genealogy is most certainly defective, as it gives three generations only for a period for which nine generations are furnished by the list of the kings of Judah, and which cannot be estimated as much short of 200 years.
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
Azariah was the father of Amariah
Barnes judges the line of Azariah, Amariah and Ahitub defective here. Between Amariah and Hilkiah in verse 13 it gives three fathers and sons for close to two hundred years of the kings of Judah. An Amariah was chief priest under Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 19:11).
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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.
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיּ֥וֹלֶד | vaiyoled | and he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| עֲזַרְיָ֖ה | ʾazaryah | Azariah | H5838 → | 49 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲמַרְיָ֑ה | ʾamaryah | Amariah | H568 → | 16 times |
| וַאֲמַרְיָ֖ה | vaamaryah | and Amariah | H568 → | 16 times |
| הוֹלִ֥יד | holid | he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲחִיטֽוּב׃ | ʾachituv | Ahitub | H285 → | 15 times |
וַיּ֥וֹלֶדand he fathered
vaiyoledH3205 →496 times
עֲזַרְיָ֖הAzariah
ʾazaryahH5838 →49 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֲמַרְיָ֑הAmariah
ʾamaryahH568 →16 times
וַאֲמַרְיָ֖הand Amariah
vaamaryahH568 →16 times
הוֹלִ֥ידhe fathered
holidH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֲחִיטֽוּב׃Ahitub
ʾachituvH285 →15 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Berean Standard Bible, 2 Chronicles 19:11; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.