Birth of John the Baptist Foretold

^5 (A)In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah,^{[a] (B)}of ^(C)the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

¹⁰ the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to ^(A)Abijah,

The Visit of the Wise Men

2 Now ^(A)after Jesus was born in ^(B)Bethlehem of Judea ^(C)in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men^[a] from ^(D)the east came to Jerusalem,

¹⁷ of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;

⁴ Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,

¹⁹ These had as their appointed duty in their service ^(A)to come into the house of the Lord according to the procedure established for them by Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him.