2nd Chronicles Chapter 26 verse 17 Holy Bible
And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of Jehovah, that were valiant men:
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And Azariah the priest went in after him, with eighty of the Lord's priests, who were strong men;
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And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him priests of Jehovah, eighty valiant men;
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And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:
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And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him eighty priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:
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Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him eighty priests of Yahweh, who were valiant men:
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And Azariah the priest goeth in after him, and with him priests of Jehovah eighty, sons of valour,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - Azariah the priest. Ver. 20 states what was otherwise to be supposed, that he was the chief priest (הָראשׁ). We fail to identify his name with any in the typical list of 1 Chronicles 6:4-15, where the Azariah of ver. 11 is too early, and the Azariah of ver. 13 too late, for our present Azariah. With him four score priests. This passage suggests to us an idea of how many deeply interesting details are wanting, which would fill in the interstices of Old Testament history. Probably the intention of the king, ambitious to simulate the self-assumed religious ways of neighbouring Gentile kings, was no secret; and possibly the king may have given time for the chief priest to collect his auxiliaries, through some ostentatious display on his own part, in the very performance of his desecration. The number and the character of these helping priests (בְּנֵי־חָיַל) give the idea that they had their work to do, and purposed doing it promptly, or that they would over-awe, and obviate the use of actual force, by their imposing number.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) Azariah the priest--i.e., the high priest, whose duty it would be to resist such an encroachment on sacerdotal functions. His name does not occur in the list (1Chronicles 4:27-41).Valiant men.--Sons of valour (1Chronicles 5:18), so called because they had the moral courage to oppose the king.
