Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
Parallel translations
- WEB Eleazar became the father of Phinehas, Phinehas became the father of Abishua,
- BSB Eleazar was the father of Phinehas, Phinehas was the father of 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.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Chr 6:50And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
- Exod 6:25And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
- Ezra 7:1–5Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
- Josh 24:33And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
- 1 Chr 6:4–6Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
- Num 25:13And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.
- Judg 20:28And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.
- Num 31:6And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
- Josh 22:13And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,
- Num 25:6–11And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
- Ps 106:30–31Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
- Ezra 8:2Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.
- 1 Chr 9:20And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him.
- Josh 22:30–32And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.
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