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Wycliffe Bible

1 Kings 4:2

And these weren the princes which he hadde; Azarie, sone of Sadoch, preest;

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;
Bible in Basic English
And these were his chief men: Azariah, the son of Zadok, was 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;
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 `Forsothe kyng Salomon was regnynge on al Israel. 2 And these weren the princes which he hadde; Azarie, sone of Sadoch, preest; 3 Helioreb, and Haia, sones of Sila, `weren scryueyns; Josophat, sone of Achilud, was chaunseler; 4 Banaie, sone of Joiada, was on the oost; forsothe Sadoch and Abiathar weren preestis; 5 Azarie, sone of Nathan, was on hem that stoden niy the kyng; Zabul, the sone of Nathan, was preest, `that is, greet and worschipful, a freend of the kyng; 6 and Ahiasar was stiward of the hows; and Adonyram, sone of Adda, was on the tributis. 7 Forsothe Salomon hadde twelue `prefectis, ether cheef minystrys, on al Israel, that yauen lijflode to the kyng, and to his hows; sotheli bi ech monethe bi it silf in the yeer, ech prefect bi hym silf mynystride necessaries. 8 And these ben the names of hem; Benhur, in the hil of Effraym; 9 Bendechar, in Macces, and in Salebbym, and in Bethsames, and in Helon, and in Bethanan; 10 Beneseth, in Araboth; forsothe Socco, and al the lond of Epher was his;

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
And the Lord God sente hym out of paradijs of likyng, that he schulde worche the erthe, of which he was takun.
Genesis 4:25
Also yit Adam knewe his wijf, and sche childide a sone, and clepide his name Seth, and seide, God hath put to me another seed for Abel, whom Cayn killide.
Genesis 4:26
But also a sone was borun to Seth, which sone he clepide Enos; this Enos bigan to clepe inwardli the name of the Lord.
Genesis 9:20
And Noe, an erthe tiliere, bigan to tile the erthe, and he plauntide a viner,
Genesis 37:13
Israel seide to Joseph, Thi britheren kepen scheep in Sichymys; come thou, Y schal sende thee to hem.
Genesis 47:3
whiche he axide, What werk han ye? Thei answeriden, We thi seruauntis ben kepers of scheep, bothe we and oure faderis;
Exodus 3:1
Forsothe Moises kepte the scheep of Jetro, `his wyues fadir, preest of Madian; and whanne he hadde dryue the floc to the ynnere partis of deseert, he cam to Oreb, the hil of God.
Psalms 127:3
the eritage of the Lord `is sones, the mede is the fruyt of wombe.
Amos 7:15
And the Lord took me, whanne Y suede the floc; and the Lord seide to me, Go, and profesie thou to my puple Israel.
Luke 11:51
fro the blood of the iust Abel to the blood of Zacharie, that was slayn bitwixe the auter and the hous. So Y seie to you, it schal be souyt of this generacioun.

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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