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Zacher in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

One of Jehiel's sons (1 Chronicles 8:31). In 1 Chronicles 9:37, Zechariah....

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Zachariah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

zak-a-ri'-a (Zacharias; the King James Version, Zacharias): (1) The son of Barachiah, who, Jesus says, was slain between the temple and the altar (Mt 23:35; Lk 11:51). The allusion seems to be to the murder of Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada (2 Ch 24:20 ff). In this case "Barachiah" would seem to be a gloss which has crept into the text through ...

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Zacharias in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(Greek form of Zechariah). 1. Father of John the Baptist. Lu 1:5 etc. He was a priest of the course of Abia. the eighth of the twenty-four courses who ministered at the temple in turn. He probably lived at Hebron. His wife's name was Elisabeth. John was born to them in their old age, and the promise of this son was communicated to Zacharias b...

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Zadok in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

za'-dok (tsadowq, once tsadhoq (1 Ki 1:26), similar to tsaddiq, and tsadduq, post-Biblical, meaning justus, "righteous"; Septuagint Sadok): Cheyne in Encyclopedia Biblica suggests that Zadok was a modification of a Gentilic name, that of the Zidkites the Negeb, who probably derived their appellation from the root ts-d-q, a secondary title of ...

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Zachariah in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Son of Jeroboam, and the last of the household of Jehu 2Ki 10:30; 14:29; 15:8-12 -2. Grandfather of Hezekiah 2Ki 18:2; 2Ch 29:1...

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Zacharias in Easton's Bible Dictionary

(1.) A priest of the course of Abia, the eighth of the twenty-four courses into which the priests had been originally divided by David (1 Chr. 23:1-19). Only four of these courses or "families" of the priests returned from the Exile (Ezra 2:36-39); but they were then re-distributed under the old designations. The priests served at the temp...

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Zadok in Naves Topical Bible

-1. The high priest during the time of David's reign 2Sa 19:11; 20:25; 1Ch 15:11; 16:39 Removes the ark of the covenant from Jerusalem at the time of Absalom's usurpation; returns with the ark of the covenant at David's command 2Sa 15:24-36; 17:15,17-21 Stands aloof from Adonijah at the time of his attempted usurpation 1Ki 1:8,26 Summoned...

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Zachariah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(remembered by Jehovah), or properly Zechariah. 1. Son of Jeroboam II., fourteenth king of Israel, and the last of the house of Jehu. There is a difficulty about the date of his reign. Most chronologers assume an interregnum of eleven years between Jeroboam's death and Zachariah's accession. The latter event took place B.C. 772-1. His reign l...

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Zadok in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(just). 1. Son of Ahitub and one of the two chief priests in the time of David, Abiathar being the other. Zadok was of the house of Eleazar the son of Aaron, 1Ch 24:3 and eleventh in descent from Aaron. 1Ch 12:28 He joined David at Hebron after Saul's death, 1Ch 12:28 and thenceforth his fidelity to David was inviolable. When Absalom revolted...

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Zacharias in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Father of John the Baptist. (Luke 1:5). frontJOHN THE BAPTIST.) Of the course of Abia or Abijah, eighth of the 24 (1 Chronicles 24:10); walking with Elizabeth his wife "in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless." His lot was to burn incense, the embodiment of prayer (from whence also during the burning of incense the whol...

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