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John the Baptist’s Birth Foretold

5aIn the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the bdivision of 1Abijah, and he had a wife 2from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Gr Abia
  2. 2Of priestly descent

Cross references

  1. aMatt 2:1
  2. b1 Chr 24:10

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

In the days of King Herod of Judea, there was a priest of Abijah’s division named Zechariah. His wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

NLTNew Living Translation

When Herod was king of Judea, there was a Jewish priest named Zechariah. He was a member of the priestly order of Abijah, and his wife, Elizabeth, was also from the priestly line of Aaron.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

It happened that in the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a certain priest, Zechariah by name, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.