Numbers Charts

PRIESTS IN ISRAEL’S HISTORY

Numbers 35:25-28

Numbers 35:25-28 mentions the death of a high priest. Each new high priest had to come from the lineage of Aaron. Listed here are the ones whose stories are told elsewhere in the Bible.

Aaron

Moses’ brother and first priest

Exodus 28:1-3

Eleazar

Watched two of his brothers die in a fire from God because they did not follow God’s instructions. He obeyed God and became chief leader of the Tabernacle.

Leviticus 10 Numbers 3:32

Phinehas

Executed a young Israelite idol worshiper and his Midianite mistress to end a plague. He was then promised that his priestly line would never end.

Numbers 25:1-15

Ahitub

A priest during King Saul’s reign

1 Samuel 14:3

Zadok

A faithful high priest under King David. He and Nathan anointed Solomon as the next king.

2 Samuel 8:17 1 Kings 1:38, 39

Ahimaaz

Carried the message of Absalom’s death to King David but was apparently afraid to tell about it.

2 Samuel 18:19-29

Azariah

High priest under King Solomon

1 Kings 4:2

Azariah

High priest under Uzziah. He rebuked the king for burning incense himself.

2 Chronicles 26:17-21

When Hezekiah became king, he reopened the Temple. Azariah again served as high priest.

2 Chronicles 26:17-21

Amariah

King Jehoshaphat appointed him to judge religious disputes.

2 Chronicles 19:11

Hilkiah

Found the Book of the Law during Josiah’s reign

2 Kings 22:3-13 2 Chronicles 34:14-21

Azariah

Probably one of the first to return to Israel from Babylon

1 Chronicles 9:10, 11

Seraiah

The father of Ezra

Ezra 7:1-5