⁴ Prepare yourselves ^(A)according to your fathers’ ^[a]houses, according to your divisions, following the ^(B)written instruction of David king of Israel and the ^(C)written instruction of Solomon his son.

John’s Birth Announced to Zacharias

⁵ There was ^(A)in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, ^(B)of the division of ^(C)Abijah. His ^(D)wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.