Priests in the Old Testament
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| PRIESTS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT (Listed alphabetically) | ||
|---|---|---|
| NAME | REFERENCE | IDENTIFICATION |
| Aaron | Ex 28-29 | Older brother of Moses; first high priest of Israel |
| Abiathar | 1Sm 22:20-23; 2Sm 20:25 | Son of Ahimelech who escaped the slayings at Nob |
| Abihu | See Nadab and Abihu | |
| Ahimelech | 1Sm 21-22 | Led a priestly community at Nob; killed by Saul for befriending David |
| Amariah | 2Ch 19:11 | High priest during the reign of Jehoshaphat |
| Amaziah | Am 7:10-17 | Evil priest of Bethel; confronted Amos the prophet |
| Azariah | 2Ch 26:16-20 | High priest who stood against Uzziah when the ruler began to act as a prophet |
| Eleazar and Ithamar | Lv 10:6; Nm 20:26 | Godly sons of Aaron; Eleazar—Israel’s second high priest |
| Eli | 1Sm 1-4 | Descendant of Ithamar; raised Samuel at Shiloh |
| Eliashib | Neh 3:1; 13:4-5 | High priest during the time of Nehemiah |
| Elishama and Jehoram | 2Ch 17:7-9 | Teaching priests during the reign of Jehoshaphat |
| Ezra | Ezr 7-10; Neh 8 | Scribe, teacher, and priest during the rebuilding of Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity |
| Hilkiah | 2Kg 22-23 | High priest during the reign of Josiah |
| Hophni and Phinehas | 1Sm 2:12-36 | Evil sons of Eli |
| Ithamar | See Eleazar and Ithamar | |
| Jahaziel | 2Ch 20:14-17 | Levite who assured Jehoshaphat of deliverance from an enemy |
| Jehoiada | 2Kg 11-12 | High priest who saved Joash from Queen Athaliah’s purge |
| Jehoram | See Elishama and Jehoram | |
| Joshua | Hg 1:1,12; Zch 3 | First high priest after the Babylonian captivity |
| Nadab and Abihu | Lv 10:1-2 | Evil sons of Aaron |
| Pashhur | Jr 20:1-6 | False priest who persecuted the prophet Jeremiah |
| Phinehas | (1) Nm 25:7-13 (2) See Hophni and Phinehas | (1) Son of Eleazar; Israel’s third high priest whose zeal for pure worship stopped a plague |
| Shelemiah | Neh 13:13 | Priest during the time of Nehemiah; was in charge of administrating storehouses |
| Uriah | 2Kg 16:10-16 | Priest who built pagan altar for evil King Ahaz |
| Zadok | 2Sm 15; 1Kg 1 | High priest during the reign of David and Solomon |