1 Chronicles 6:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

He it is that executed the priest's office, &c. So did all the rest: but it is implied that he did it worthily; he filled his place well, and valiantly discharged his office. For it is supposed this was that Azariah who boldly opposed the presumption of King Uzziah, when he invaded the priest's office, 2 Chronicles 26:17. This remark may, however, relate to Johanan, otherwise called Jehoiada, who is so highly commended for the good service which he did to the house of God, and of the king; of whom see 2 Kings 11. In the temple that Solomon built In Solomon's temple; so denominated to distinguish it from the second temple, which was built, or in building, when these books were written.

1 Chronicles 6:10

10 And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the templeb that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)