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  • From: Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>
  • To: tladatsi AT charter.net
  • Cc: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] David's sons were priests?
  • Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 17:36:25 +0000

On 18/02/2006 16:45, tladatsi AT charter.net wrote:
Judges 18:30 records that *Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh,
he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the
captivity of the land.* so there was recorded at least one other non-Aaronide
line of priests.

And 1 Kings 12:31 tells us of another such line of priests, or perhaps the same one as they also served at the city of Dan - although if so the author's complaint "even though they were not Levites" is an exaggeration, for Jonathan was a Levite but not a descendant of Aaron. Of course both of these were "renegade" priesthoods not recognised by the Jerusalem authorities. What makes the priesthood of David's sons different is that it was recognised by the ultimate authority in Jerusalem, its king.

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