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1 Chronicles 6:4
Eleazar was the father of Phinehas, Phinehas was the father of Abishua,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler records the priestly lineage descending from Aaron, placing Eleazar, Phinehas, and Abishua in a direct generational sequence immediately after listing Aaron’s sons in the preceding verse.
The words — The Hebrew verb הוֹלִיד (ho.Lid) literally means “he fathered,” appearing twice to mark the transition from Eleazar to Phinehas and then to Abishua.
The thread — This direct father-son sequence mirrors the priestly genealogy in Exodus 6:25 and is reiterated in 1 Chronicles 6:50 as part of Aaron’s descendants.
Why it lands — The text establishes an unbroken priestly line through explicit naming, requiring the reader to recognize the documented continuity of Levitical succession before any later theological application.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
Cross-references
- Exodus 6:25 Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families by their clans.
- 1 Chronicles 6:50 These were the descendants of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
- 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,
- Numbers 25:6 Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 25:13 It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”
- Numbers 31:6 And Moses sent the thousand from each tribe into battle, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took with him the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.
- Joshua 22:13 The Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the land of Gilead, to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
- Joshua 22:30 When Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation—the heads of Israel’s clans who were with him—heard what the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had to say, they were satisfied.
- Joshua 24:33 Eleazar son of Aaron also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.
- Judges 20:28 and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, served before it.) The Israelites asked, “Should we again go out to battle against our brothers the Benjamites, or should we stop?” The LORD answered, “Fight, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand.”