1 Kings 4:2

New Life Version

These were the king's men. Azariah the son of Zadok was the religious leader.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and these were his officials:

Hebrew Names Version
These were the princes whom he had: `Azaryah the son of Tzadok, the Kohen;

King James Version
And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,

English Standard Version
and these were his high officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest;

New Century Version
These are the names of his leading officers: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;

New English Translation
These were his officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest.

Amplified Bible
These were his [chief] officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was the high priest;

New American Standard Bible
These were his officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest;

Geneva Bible (1587)
And these were his princes, Azariah the sonne of Zadok the Priest,

Legacy Standard Bible
These were his officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest;

Complete Jewish Bible
and these were his high officials: ‘Azaryah the son of Tzadok, the cohen;

Darby Translation
And these are the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok was priest;

Easy-to-Read Version
These are the names of his leading officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;

George Lamsa Translation
And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok the priest;

Good News Translation
and these were his high officials: The priest: Azariah son of Zadok

Lexham English Bible
Now these are the officials who were his: Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest.

Literal Translation
And these were the rulers he had: Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And these were his prynces: Asaria the sonne of Sadoc the prest:

American Standard Version
And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;

Bible in Basic English
And these were his chief men: Azariah, the son of Zadok, was the priest;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And these were his lordes: Azariahu the sonne of Sadoc the priest.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;

King James Version (1611)
And these were the Princes which he had, Azariah the sonne of Zadok, the Priest,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And these are the princes which he had; Azarias son of Sadoc.

English Revised Version
And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;

Berean Standard Bible
and these were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And these weren the princes which he hadde; Azarie, sone of Sadoch, preest;

Young's Literal Translation
and these [are] the heads whom he hath: Azariah son of Zadok [is] the priest;

Update Bible Version
And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;

Webster's Bible Translation
And these [were] the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,

World English Bible
These were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;

New King James Version
And these were his officials: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;

New Living Translation
and these were his high officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest.

New Revised Standard
and these were his high officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, these, were his chief officers of state, - Azariah son of Zadok, the priest;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And these were the princes which he had: Azarias, the son of Sadoc, the priest:

Revised Standard Version
and these were his high officials: Azari'ah the son of Zadok was the priest;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
These were his officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest;

Contextual Overview

¹ Now King Solomon was the king of all Israel. ² These were the king's men. Azariah the son of Zadok was the religious leader. ³ Shisha's sons Elihoreph and Ahijah were the heads of meetings. Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the one who wrote down the things of the nation. ⁴ Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was captain of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were religious leaders. ⁵ Azariah the son of Nathan was over the leaders. Zabud the son of Nathan was a religious leader and the king's friend. ⁶ Ahishar was head of the king's house. And Adoniram the son of Abda was head of the men who were made to work. ⁷ Solomon had twelve men over all Israel, who brought food for the king and those of his house. Each man had to bring food for one month in the year. ⁸ These were their names. There was Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim, ⁹ and Ben-deker in Makaz. There were Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, Elonbeth-hanan, ¹⁰ Ben-hesed in Arrubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him),

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the princes: That is, great, chief, or principal men; for none of them were princes, in the common acceptation of the word. Exodus 18:21, 2 Samuel 8:15-18, 2 Samuel 20:23-26, 1 Corinthians 12:28

Azariah: 1 Chronicles 6:8-10, 1 Chronicles 27:17

priest: or, chief officer

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 15:24 - Zadok 1 Chronicles 18:4 - an hundred chariots

Cross-References

Genesis 3:23
So the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to work the ground from which he was taken.

Genesis 4:25
And Adam lay with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and gave him the name Seth. For she said, "God has let me have another son in the place of Abel, for Cain killed him."

Genesis 4:26
A son was born to Seth also, and he gave him the name Enosh. Then men began to call upon the name of the Lord.

Genesis 9:20
Then Noah became a farmer and planted a grape-field.

Genesis 37:13
Israel said to Joseph, "Are not your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, I will send you to them." And Joseph said to him, "I will go."

Genesis 47:3
Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your work?" So they said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers."

Exodus 3:1
Now Moses was taking care of the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the religious leader of Midian. He led the flock to the west side of the desert, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Psalms 127:3
See, children are a gift from the Lord. The children born to us are our special reward.

Amos 7:15
But the Lord took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go and speak in My name to My people Israel.'

Luke 11:51
It will be from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharias, the one who died between the altar and the house of God. For sure, I tell you, the people of this day will be guilty for this.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And these [were] the princes which he had,.... That were in office about him, in the highest posts of honour and trust:

Azariah the son of Zadok the priest: or rather his grandson, since Ahimaaz was the son of Zadok, and Azariah the son of Ahimaaz, 1 Chronicles 6:8; though another Zadok may be meant, and his son not a priest but a prince, as the word may be rendered, and was Solomon's prime minister of state, and the rather, since he is mentioned first.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Azariah, the son of Zadok, the priest - “The priest” here belongs to Azariah, not to Zadok. The term used כהן kôhên means sometimes a priest, sometimes a civil officer, with perhaps a semi-priestly character. (See 2 Samuel 8:18 note.) In this place it has the definite article prefixed, and can only mean “the high priest.” Azariah, called here the “son,” but really the “grandson,” of Zadok, seems to have succeeded him in the priesthood 1 Chronicles 6:10. His position as high priest at the time when this list was made out gives Azariah the foremost place in it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 4:2. These were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest. — These were his great, chief, or principal men. None of them were princes in the common acceptation of the word.