Luke 1:5

¶ There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife [was] of the daughters of Aaron, and her name [was] Elisabeth.

There was {G1096} in {G1722} the days {G2250} of Herod {G2264}, the king {G935} of Judaea {G2449}, a certain {G5100} priest {G2409} named {G3686} Zacharias {G2197}, of {G1537} the course {G2183} of Abia {G7}: and {G2532} his {G846} wife {G1135} was of {G1537} the daughters {G2364} of Aaron {G2}, and {G2532} her {G846} name {G3686} was Elisabeth {G1665}.

In the days of Herod, King of Y'hudah, there was a cohen named Z'kharyah who belonged to the Aviyah division. His wife was a descendant of Aharon, and her name was Elisheva.

In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a daughter of Aaron.

There was in the days of Herod, king of Judæa, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah: and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Chronicles 24:10 (8 votes)

    The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,

  • Matthew 2:1 (7 votes)

    ¶ Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

  • 1 Chronicles 24:19 (4 votes)

    These [were] the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.

  • Nehemiah 12:4 (3 votes)

    Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,

  • Nehemiah 12:17 (3 votes)

    Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;