וַאֲחִיטוּב֙ הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת צָד֔וֹק וְצָד֖וֹק הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת שַׁלּֽוּם
and Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the father of Shallum,
World English Bible · Public Domain
1 Chronicles 6:12
Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) 1 Chronicles 6:12 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
English Translation
and Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the father of Shallum,
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The same verse in 3 English versions, stacked beneath the original-language interlinear above. Click any original word for its lexicon entry.
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World English Bible Public Domain
and Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the father of Shallum,
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King James Version Public Domain
And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Ahitub fathered Zadok, and Zadok fathered Shallum.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
and Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the father of Shallum,
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Shallum,
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Shallum,
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King James Version Public Domain
And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum;
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
And Ahitub begate Zadok, and Zadok begate Shallum,
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
And Achitob beget Sadoc, and Sadoc beget Sellum,
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
and Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Shallum,
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the father of Shallum.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Ahitub fathered Zadok, and Zadok fathered Shallum.
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Darby Bible Public Domain
and Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Shallum,
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
Ahitub became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Shallum.
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Shallum,
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
And Ahitub was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Shallum,
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JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
(5-38) and Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Shallum;
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וַאֲחִיטוּב֙
ʼĂchîyṭûwb
H285
“and · Ahitub”
Conjunction + Noun, Proper
- Appears 15× in the Hebrew Bible
- First appears at 1 Samuel 14:3
- Part of Speech
- Conjunction + Noun
- Type
- Proper
Full BDB Definition
Ahitub = "my brother is good (goodness)"
- a grandson of Eli
- the father of Zadok the priest
- וַאֲחִיטוּב֙ ʼĂchîyṭûwb H285 “and · Ahitub” Conjunction + Noun, Proper
- הוֹלִ֣יד yâlad H3205 “to bear” Verb, Hiphil, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
- אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
- צָד֔וֹק Tsâdôwq H6659 “Zadok” Noun, Proper
- וְצָד֖וֹק Tsâdôwq H6659 “and · Zadok” Conjunction + Noun, Proper
- הוֹלִ֥יד yâlad H3205 “to bear” Verb, Hiphil, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
- אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
- שַׁלּֽוּם Shallûwm H7967 “Shallum” Noun, Proper
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 8
- words
- 5
- distinct lemmas
- Historical
- section
Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is וַאֲחִיטוּב֙ Ahitub H285 — appearing just 15 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.
Shared distinctive vocabulary
וַאֲחִיטוּב֙ Ahitub H285 occurs in 15 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
Grammatical profile
- 2 verbs
- 4 nouns
- 2 particles
Verb forms
- הוֹלִ֣יד Hiphil · Perfect
- הוֹלִ֥יד Hiphil · Perfect
Repetition
Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:
Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 14 words from the Hebrew and 8 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the Septuagint runs noticeably shorter here. See the side-by-side →
A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.
Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.
In the original languages it is 8 Hebrew tokens and 9 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.
Cross-references
2Topical passages linked to 1 Chronicles 6:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Nehemiah 11:11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God,
- 1 Chronicles 9:11 and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;
Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint
The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.
Here the Septuagint runs noticeably shorter than the Hebrew — LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) 8 words vs World English Bible 14. A rough length comparison of the two English translations, not a word-level alignment — read both below.
These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.
ελιαβ υἱός αὐτός ιδαερ υἱός αὐτός ελκανα υἱός αὐτός
and Achitob begot Sadoc, and Sadoc begot Salom;
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →
Lesson kit
Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.
1 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 8 words (5 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʼĂchîyṭûwb (“Ahitub”). The Greek Septuagint runs shorter here. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- The word ʼĂchîyṭûwb carries the sense “Ahitub.” How does it shape the verse?
- 1 Samuel 14:3 shares the word «Ahitub» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
- “to bear” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
- Compared with the Hebrew, the Septuagint runs shorter here. What questions does that raise?
- These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
- The verb «הוֹלִ֣יד» is Hiphil Perfect. How does its form color the action?
- Reading how Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary and The Pulpit Commentary read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?
Things to notice
- This verse counts 8 Hebrew ↔ 9 Greek words.
- These translations choose different wording for 4 words in this verse.
- “to bear” occurs 2× in this single verse.
- 5 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 8 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on 1 Chronicles 6:12 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.