Steven James Schweitzer, «The High Priest in Chronicles: An Anomaly in a Detailed Description of the Temple Cult», Vol. 84 (2003) 388-402
The high and chief priests mentioned in both the genealogy of 1Chr 6,1-15 and the narrative of Chronicles (Zadok and Hilkiah) are compared with priests mentioned only in the narrative (the Azariah under Uzziah, the Azariah under Hezekiah, and Jehoiada); the Amariah under Jehoshaphat, possibly Amariah II in 1 Chr 6,11, is treated separately. This article concludes: Chronicles has not enhanced the Zadokite high priests; the three priests not mentioned in the genealogy are presented with increased cultic roles which delineate some of their duties; leading priests in Chronicles operate within the cultic sphere while their precise ceremonial role is unclear.
tribe of Levi and its importance in Israel’s history. This includes the list of high priests in Neh 12,8-11.22, which explicitly calls these individuals "Levites" and locates them in the Levitical line without declaring their priestly status. Second, the evidence from Antiquities strongly suggests that portions of the high-priestly list (the beginning and end) had attained a relative degree of stability in transmission.
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1 Chr 6,1-15 |
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1 Chr 9,11 |
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Neh 11,11 |
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Ezra 7,1-5 |
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Josephus, Antiquities |
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Exod 6,16-25// |
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Aaron | ![]() |
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Aaron | ![]() |
Aaron (5.361; 20.224-229) |
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Eleazar | ![]() |
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Eleazar | ![]() |
Eleazar (5.361-362) | |||
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Phineas | ![]() |
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Phineas | ![]() |
Phineas (5.361; 7.110; 8.11-12) | |||
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Abishua | ![]() |
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Abiezer (5.362) / Jesus (8.12) | |||
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Bukki | ![]() |
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Bokki (5.362; 8.12) | |||
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Uzzi | ![]() |
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Uzzi | ![]() |
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Zerahiah | ![]() |
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Joatham, son of Bokki (8.12) |
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Meraioth | ![]() |
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Meraioth (8.12) | |||
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Unknown / Dupli- cation from 6,11 |
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Arophaios (8.12) |
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Achitob (6.122; 8.12) |
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Sadok (7.110; 8.12,16; 10.152) |
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Azariah I | ![]() |
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Azarias (10.152) | ||||
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Johanan | ![]() |
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Joramos (10.152) | |||
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Azariah II | ![]() |
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Azariah | ![]() |
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Amariah II | ![]() |
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Amariah | ![]() |
Axoramos (10.152-153) |
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Meraioth | ![]() |
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Phideas (10.153) | |||
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Sudaios (10.153) |
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Seraiah (10.149-150) | ||
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Hag 1,1.12.14; |
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Josadak (10.150,153; 20.231) |
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Hen 12,8-11.22: And the Levites ... Joshua, Joiakim, Eliashib, Joiada, Jonathan/Johanan, Jaddua |