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1 Chronicles 6:10
Johanan was the father of Azariah, who served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler records a priestly genealogy during a systematic survey of temple officials, listing generational succession to establish official lineage.
The words — כִּהֵ֔ן (ki.Hen) literally means he served as a priest, and בַּ/בַּ֕יִת (ba./Ba.yit) specifies the location as the house.
The thread — The text ties this priestly generation to Solomon’s building project recorded in 1 Kings 6:1 and 2 Chronicles 3:1. The architectural specifications of that same structure appear in 2 Chronicles 3:4.
Why it lands — It states that Azariah held priestly office within Solomon’s Jerusalem temple. It requires the reader to acknowledge that temple service was historically bound to documented lineage and a specific physical sanctuary.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest’s office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 6:1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 3:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
- 2 Chronicles 26:17 Then Azariah the priest, along with eighty brave priests of the LORD, went in after him.