Azariah (High Priest)

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Azariah (Hebrew: עֲזַרְיָה ‘Ǎzaryāh, "Yah has helped") was the third High Priest after Zadok. C.f. 1 Kings 4:2, where he is called "son of Zadok", although he is elsewhere identified as the son of Ahimaaz.[1]

Although his name appears in the list of the Zadokite family (1 Chr. 5:30–40, 6:4-15 in other translations) there is no direct evidence in the Bible that he was a High Priest. According to the Book of Chronicles, Azariah was believed to have been a priest that served at King Solomon's Temple.[2] Azariah (Azarias) does appear on the list of High Priests by Josephus.[3]

Patrilineal ancestry[]

Patrilineal descent
  1. Abraham
  2. Isaac
  3. Jacob
  4. Levi
  5. Kehath
  6. Amram
  7. Aaron
  8. Eleazar
  9. Phinehas
  10. Abishua
  11. Bukki
  12. Uzzi
  13. Meraioth
  14. Amariah
  15. Zadok
  16. Ahimaaz

See also[]

Footnotes and references[]

  1. ^ 1 Chronicles 5:35
  2. ^ 1 Chronicles 6:10
  3. ^ Antiquities of the Jews 10:151-153.
Israelite religious titles
Preceded by High Priest of Israel Succeeded by
Johanan
According to I Chronicles 6:9
Succeeded by
Joash
(According to the Seder Olam Zutta)
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