1 Kings 4:2

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Now, these, were his chief officers of state, - Azariah son of Zadok, the priest;

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

New Revised Standard
and these were his high officials: Azariah son of Zadok was 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 And so it came to pass, that, King Solomon, was king, over all Israel. ² Now, these, were his chief officers of state, - Azariah son of Zadok, the priest; ³ Elihoreph and Ahijah, sons of Shisha, scribes, - Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud, the recorder; ⁴ And Benaiah son of Jehoiada, over the army, - and Zadok and Abiathar priests; ⁵ And Azariah son of Nathan, over the governors, - and Zabud son of Nathan, minister, king's friend; ⁶ And Ahishar, over the household, - and Adoniram son of Abda, over the tribute. ⁷ And, Solomon, had twelve governors over all Israel, who used to sustain the king and his household, - for a month in the year, was it appointed unto each one, to find sustenance. ⁸ And, these, are their names, Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim; ⁹ Ben-deker, in Makaz and in Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh, - and Elon-beth-hanan; ¹⁰ Ben-hesed, in Arubboth, - to him, pertaineth Socoh, and all the land of Hepher;

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 Yahweh God put him forth from the garden of Eden, - to till the ground wherefrom he had been taken.

Genesis 4:25
And Adam again knew his wife, and she bare a son, and called his name Seth, - For God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, because Cain slew him!

Genesis 4:26
And to Seth - to him also, was born a son, and he called his name Enosh, - then, was a beginning made, to call on the name of Yahweh.

Genesis 9:20
And Noah began to he a husbandman, - so he planted a vineyard:

Genesis 37:13
So Israel said unto Joseph Are not, thy brethren, feeding the flock in Shechem? Come on! and let me send thee unto them. And he said to him Behold me!

Genesis 47:3
And Pharaoh said unto the brethren of Joseph - What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh - Feeders of flocks, are thy servants, both we and our fathers.

Exodus 3:1
Now, Moses, was shepherding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law priest of Midian, - so he led forth the flock behind the desert, and came in unto the mountain of God to Horeb.

Psalms 127:3
Lo! an inheritance from Yahweh, are children, A reward, the fruit of the womb:

Amos 7:15
But Yahweh, took me away, from following the flock, - and Yahweh, said unto me, Go prophesy against my people Israel.

Luke 11:51
From the blood of Abel, unto the blood of Zachariah who was destroyed betwixt the altar and the house; Yea! I say unto you - It shall be sought out from this generation.

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.