- Aaron
- Importance:
- Moses’ brother.
- Chief leader of the Tabernacle.
- Reference:
- Exodus 28:1-3
- Leviticus 10
- Numbers 3:32
- Eleazar
- Importance:
- Executed an idol worshiper, ending a plague.
- Reference:
- Numbers 25:1-15
- Phinehas
- Importance:
- Promised a never-ending priestly line.
- Reference:
- Numbers 25:1-15
- Ahitub
- Importance:
- A priest during King Saul’s reign.
- Reference:
- 1 Samuel 14:3
- Zadok
- Importance:
- Faithful high priest under King David.
- Anointed Solomon as the next king.
- Reference:
- 2 Samuel 8:17
- 1 Kings 1:38-39
- Ahimaaz
- Importance:
- Carried the message of Absalom’s death to King David.
- Reference:
- 2 Samuel 18:19-29
- Azariah (High Priest under Solomon)
- Importance:
- High priest under King Solomon.
- Reference:
- 1 Kings 4:2
- Azariah (High Priest under Uzziah)
- Importance:
- High priest under Uzziah.
- Rebuked the king for burning incense.
- Reopened the Temple during Hezekiah’s reign.
- Reference:
- 2 Chronicles 26:17-21
- Amariah
- Importance:
- Appointed by King Jehoshaphat to judge religious disputes.
- Reference:
- 2 Chronicles 19:11
- Hilkiah
- Importance:
- Found the Book of the Law during Josiah’s reign.
- Reference:
- 2 Kings 22:3-13
- 2 Chronicles 34:14-21
- 1 Chronicles 9:10-11
- Azariah (Return from Babylon)
- Importance:
- Probably one of the first to return from Babylon.
- Reference:
- Ezra 7:1-5
- Seraiah
- Importance:
- Father of Ezra.
- Reference:
- Ezra 7:1-5
Priests in Israel’s History
Faith & Reason Nexus 
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