1 Chronicles 3:5-15

5 These were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon—four from Bath-shua, Ammiel's daughter;
6 Ibhar, Eli-shama, Eliphelet,
7 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,
8 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet—nine in all.
9 This was all of David's family, except for his secondary wives' children. Tamar was their sister.
10 The descendants of Solomon: Rehoboam, his son Abijah, his son Asa, his son Jehoshaphat,
11 his son Joram, his son Ahaziah, his son Joash,
12 his son Amaziah, his son Azariah, his son Jotham,
13 his son Ahaz, his son Hezekiah, his son Manasseh,
14 his son Amon, and his son Josiah.
15 Josiah's family: the oldest Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum.

1 Chronicles 3:5-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 3

This chapter gives an account of the sons of David, born to him both in Hebron and in Jerusalem, 1Ch 3:1-9, and of his successors in the kingdom, to the Babylonish captivity, 1Ch 3:10-16, and of his family, to the coming of the Messiah, 1Ch 3:17-24.

born in Hebron, who are reckoned in the same order as in 2Sa 3:2-5, only here the second son is called Daniel, who there goes by the name of Chileab; he had two names, the reason of which see there; and here David's wife, Eglah, is said in the Targum to be Michal, Saul's daughter, \\See Gill on "2Sa 3:5"\\, to which is added an account of his reign both in Hebron and Jerusalem, agreeably to 2Sa 5:5. 18321-941229-1000-1Ch3.2

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