Holy Scripture

1 Chronicles 5:39

A church father on this verse
“There is abundant information in the books of Chronicles which were written to continue the books of the Kings and to preserve the memory of such important events. The first book begins with a genealogy that sets out to demonstrate how the human race came from a single man. Since it focuses only on the single kingdom…”
Theodoret of Cyrus, 5th c. — QUESTIONS ON 1 CHRONICLES, PROLOGUE

Source: Septuagint

Original

39and Shallum begot Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begot Azariah;

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37And Azariah begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub;

38and Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Shallum;

— 1 Chronicles 5:39 —

40and Azariah begot Seraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadak.

41And Jehozadak went into captivity with Judah and Jerusalem under Nebuchadnezzar.

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