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1 Kings 4:2

And these were his chief men: Azariah, the son of Zadok, was the priest;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Azariah;   Cabinet;   King;   Officer;   Solomon;   Thompson Chain Reference - Princes;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - King;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Priest, Christ as;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Azariah;   Zadok;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ahimaaz;   High Priest;   Johanan;   Zadok;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Azariah;   Book(s);   Chief;   Economic Life;   High Priest;   Johanan;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Occupations and Professions in the Bible;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Azariah;   Government;   Israel;   Solomon;   Zabad;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Azariah ;   Zadok ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ahimaaz;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Azari'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ahimaaz;   Azariah;   Government;   King;   Solomon;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Azariah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and these were his officials:
Hebrew Names Version
These were the princes whom he had: `Azaryah the son of Tzadok, the Kohen;
King James Version
And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
English Standard Version
and these were his high officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest;
New Century Version
These are the names of his leading officers: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;
New English Translation
These were his officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest.
Amplified Bible
These were his [chief] officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was the high priest;
New American Standard Bible
These were his officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And these were his princes, Azariah the sonne of Zadok the Priest,
Legacy Standard Bible
These were his officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest;
Complete Jewish Bible
and these were his high officials: ‘Azaryah the son of Tzadok, the cohen;
Darby Translation
And these are the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok was priest;
Easy-to-Read Version
These are the names of his leading officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;
George Lamsa Translation
And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok the priest;
Good News Translation
and these were his high officials: The priest: Azariah son of Zadok
Lexham English Bible
Now these are the officials who were his: Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest.
Literal Translation
And these were the rulers he had: Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And these were his prynces: Asaria the sonne of Sadoc the prest:
American Standard Version
And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And these were his lordes: Azariahu the sonne of Sadoc the priest.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
King James Version (1611)
And these were the Princes which he had, Azariah the sonne of Zadok, the Priest,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And these are the princes which he had; Azarias son of Sadoc.
English Revised Version
And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
Berean Standard Bible
and these were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And these weren the princes which he hadde; Azarie, sone of Sadoch, preest;
Young's Literal Translation
and these [are] the heads whom he hath: Azariah son of Zadok [is] the priest;
Update Bible Version
And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
Webster's Bible Translation
And these [were] the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
World English Bible
These were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
New King James Version
And these were his officials: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
New Living Translation
and these were his high officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest.
New Life Bible
These were the king's men. Azariah the son of Zadok was the religious leader.
New Revised Standard
and these were his high officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, these, were his chief officers of state, - Azariah son of Zadok, the priest;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And these were the princes which he had: Azarias, the son of Sadoc, the priest:
Revised Standard Version
and these were his high officials: Azari'ah the son of Zadok was the priest;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
These were his officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest;

Contextual Overview

1 Now Solomon was king over all Israel. 2 And these were his chief men: Azariah, the son of Zadok, was the priest; 3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were scribes; Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder; 4 Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was head of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests; 5 Azariah, the son of Nathan, was over those in authority in the different divisions of the country; Zabud, the son of Nathan, was priest and the king's friend; 6 Ahishar was controller of the king's house; Adoniram, the son of Abda, was overseer of the forced work. 7 And Solomon put twelve overseers over all Israel, to be responsible for the stores needed for the king and those of his house; every man was responsible for one month in the year. 8 And these are their names: Three dots are used where it is no longer possible to be certain of the true sense of the Hebrew words, and for this reason no attempt has been made to put them into Basic English. the son of Hur in the hill country of Ephraim; 9 Three dots are used where it is no longer possible to be certain of the true sense of the Hebrew words, and for this reason no attempt has been made to put them into Basic English. the son of Deker in Makaz and Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan; 10 Three dots are used where it is no longer possible to be certain of the true sense of the Hebrew words, and for this reason no attempt has been made to put them into Basic English. the son of Hesed in Arubboth; Socoh and all the land of Hepher were under his control;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the princes: That is, great, chief, or principal men; for none of them were princes, in the common acceptation of the word. Exodus 18:21, 2 Samuel 8:15-18, 2 Samuel 20:23-26, 1 Corinthians 12:28

Azariah: 1 Chronicles 6:8-10, 1 Chronicles 27:17

priest: or, chief officer

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 15:24 - Zadok 1 Chronicles 18:4 - an hundred chariots

Cross-References

Genesis 3:23
So the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to be a worker on the earth from which he was taken.
Genesis 4:25
And Adam had connection with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name of Seth: for she said, God has given me another seed in place of Abel, whom Cain put to death.
Genesis 4:26
And Seth had a son, and he gave him the name of Enosh: at this time men first made use of the name of the Lord in worship.
Genesis 9:20
In those days Noah became a farmer, and he made a vine-garden.
Genesis 37:13
And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here am I.
Genesis 47:3
And Pharaoh said to them, What is your business? And they said, Your servants are keepers of sheep, as our fathers were before us.
Exodus 3:1
Now Moses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he took the flock to the back of the waste land and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Psalms 127:3
See, sons are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the body is his reward.
Amos 7:15
And the Lord took me from the flock, and the Lord said to me, Go, be a prophet to my people Israel.
Luke 11:51
From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who was put to death between the altar and the Temple. Yes, I say to you, It will come on this generation.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And these [were] the princes which he had,.... That were in office about him, in the highest posts of honour and trust:

Azariah the son of Zadok the priest: or rather his grandson, since Ahimaaz was the son of Zadok, and Azariah the son of Ahimaaz, 1 Chronicles 6:8; though another Zadok may be meant, and his son not a priest but a prince, as the word may be rendered, and was Solomon's prime minister of state, and the rather, since he is mentioned first.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Azariah, the son of Zadok, the priest - “The priest” here belongs to Azariah, not to Zadok. The term used כהן kôhên means sometimes a priest, sometimes a civil officer, with perhaps a semi-priestly character. (See 2 Samuel 8:18 note.) In this place it has the definite article prefixed, and can only mean “the high priest.” Azariah, called here the “son,” but really the “grandson,” of Zadok, seems to have succeeded him in the priesthood 1 Chronicles 6:10. His position as high priest at the time when this list was made out gives Azariah the foremost place in it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 4:2. These were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest. — These were his great, chief, or principal men. None of them were princes in the common acceptation of the word.


 
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