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1 Chronicles 6:8
Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records a priestly genealogy, continuing the lineage from Meraioth through Ahitub to Ahimaaz. This passage functions as a historical record rather than a spoken address.
The words — The text relies on הוֹלִיד (ho.Lid), meaning "he fathered," to mark each generational link. It pairs this verb with proper names like צָדוֹק (tza.Dok) and אֲחִימָֽעַץ (a.chi.Ma.'atz) to establish direct descent.
The thread — This lineage appears in 2 Samuel 8:17, which identifies Zadok as the son of Ahitub, and continues in 2 Samuel 15:27 and 1 Kings 1:34, where Zadok and his son Ahimaaz act in royal and priestly capacities. The direct line extends in 1 Chronicles 6:9 from Ahimaaz to Azariah and Johanan.
Why it lands — The verse demands verification of priestly ancestry by documenting unbroken biological succession. It requires the reader to recognize the Zadokite line as the established textual record of sacred office.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
Cross-references
- 2 Samuel 8:17 Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;
- 2 Samuel 15:27 The 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.
- 1 Kings 1:34 There 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!’
- 1 Kings 1:44 And with Solomon, the king has sent Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, and they have set him on the king’s mule.
- 1 Kings 2:35 And the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.
- 2 Samuel 15:35 Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you? Report to them everything you hear from the king’s palace.
- 2 Samuel 17:15 So Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “This is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have advised.
- 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 seen entering the city.
- 2 Samuel 17:20 When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 18:19 Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.”