Eleazar was the father of Phinehas, Phinehas was the father of Abishua,
Parallel translations
- WEB Eleazar became the father of Phinehas, Phinehas became the father of Abishua,
- KJV Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
- NKJV Eleazar begot Phinehas, and Phinehas begot Abishua;
- NASB Eleazar fathered Phinehas, Phinehas fathered Abishua,
- NLT Eleazar was the father of Phinehas. Phinehas was the father of Abishua.
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Quick answer
The high-priestly line runs from Eleazar to Phinehas to Abishua. It begins the succession of Israel's chief priests.
Overview
The Chronicler traces the high priesthood through Eleazar's son Phinehas, who was zealous for God's honor and received a covenant of perpetual priesthood (Numbers 25:11-13). This line carried the office God established for atonement and worship. Its careful preservation underscores the importance of authorized priesthood, ultimately fulfilled in Jesus, the eternal High Priest.
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- 1 Chr 6:50These were the descendants of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
- Exod 6:25Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families by their clans.
- Ezra 7:1–5Many years later, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
- Josh 24:33Eleazar son of Aaron also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.
- 1 Chr 6:4–6Eleazar was the father of Phinehas, Phinehas was the father of Abishua,
- Num 25:13It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”
- Judg 20:28and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, served before it.) The Israelites asked, “Should we again go out to battle against our brothers the Benjamites, or should we stop?” The LORD answered, “Fight, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand.”
- Num 31:6And Moses sent the thousand from each tribe into battle, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took with him the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.
- Josh 22:13The Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the land of Gilead, to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
- Num 25:6–11Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Ps 106:30–31But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
- Ezra 8:2from the descendants of Phinehas, Gershom; from the descendants of Ithamar, Daniel; from the descendants of David, Hattush
- 1 Chr 9:20In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar had been in charge of the gatekeepers, and the LORD was with him.
- Josh 22:30–32When Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation—the heads of Israel’s clans who were with him—heard what the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had to say, they were satisfied.
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