Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their associates in the days of Jeshua.
Parallel translations
- WEB Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.
- KJV Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
- NKJV Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the heads of the priests and their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
- NASB Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the heads of the priests and their kinsmen in the days of Jeshua.
- NLT Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their associates in the days of Jeshua.
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Quick answer
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah complete the list; these were the chief priests in Jeshua's days. The founding generation of restored worship is summarized.
Overview
This verse closes the roll of priestly leaders who returned with Zerubbabel, noting they served under Jeshua the high priest. Naming them as the 'chiefs of the priests' establishes the foundation of the restored ministry. From this beginning, the temple worship was reestablished, sustaining God's people until the coming of the true and final Priest, Jesus Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- 1 Chr 24:18the twenty-third to Delaiah, and the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
- Hag 1:1In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating
- Ezra 3:2Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates, began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.
- Zech 3:1Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
- Neh 12:1Now these are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
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