◄ 1 Chronicles 6:11 ►
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Azariah the father of Amariah, Amariah the father of Ahitub,

King James Bible
And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

Darby Bible Translation
and Azariah begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub,

World English Bible
and Azariah became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub,

Young's Literal Translation
And Azariah begetteth Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

1 Chronicles 6:11 Parallel
Commentary
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

Johanan - Supposed to be the same as Jehoiada.

Executed the priest's office - Probably this refers to the dignified manner in which Azariah opposed King Uzziah, who wished to invade the priest's office, and offer incense in the temple. See 2 Chronicles 26:17, 2 Chronicles 26:18.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amariah.

Ezra 7:3 The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,

Library
David's Choristers
'They stood in their office, according to their order.'--1 CHRON. vi. 32 (R.V. margin). This brief note is buried in the catalogue of the singers appointed by David for 'the service of song in the house of the Lord.' The waves of their choral praise have long ages since ceased to eddy round the 'tabernacle of the tent of meeting,' and all that is left of their melodious companies is a dry list of names, in spite of which the dead owners of them are nameless. But the chronicler's description of them …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

Chronicles
The comparative indifference with which Chronicles is regarded in modern times by all but professional scholars seems to have been shared by the ancient Jewish church. Though written by the same hand as wrote Ezra-Nehemiah, and forming, together with these books, a continuous history of Judah, it is placed after them in the Hebrew Bible, of which it forms the concluding book; and this no doubt points to the fact that it attained canonical distinction later than they. Nor is this unnatural. The book …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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