1 Chronicles 3:15-24

15 The sons of Josiah: 1Johanan the firstborn, the second 2Jehoiakim, the third 3Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
16 The descendants of 4Jehoiakim: 5Jeconiah his son, 6Zedekiah his son;
17 and the sons of Jeconiah, the 7captive: 8Shealtiel his son,
18 Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama and Nedabiah;
19 and the sons of Pedaiah: 9Zerubbabel and Shimei; and the sons of 10Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah, and Shelomith was their sister;
20 and Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-hesed, five.
21 The sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, his son[a] Rephaiah, his son Arnan, his son Obadiah, his son Shecaniah.
22 The son[b] of Shecaniah: 11Shemaiah. And the sons of Shemaiah: 12Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
23 The sons of Neariah: Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three.
24 The sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani, seven.

1 Chronicles 3:15-24 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

Cross References 12

  • 1. [2 Kings 23:30]
  • 2. [2 Kings 23:34]
  • 3. [2 Kings 24:17]
  • 4. [Matthew 1:11]
  • 5. [2 Kings 24:6; Jeremiah 22:24]
  • 6. [2 Kings 24:17]
  • 7. 2 Kings 24:15
  • 8. Ezra 3:2; Ezra 5:2; Hag. 1:1, 12, 14; Haggai 2:2, 23; Matthew 1:12; Luke 3:27
  • 9. Ezra 2:2; Hag. 1:1, 12, 14; Zechariah 4:6
  • 10. Ezra 2:2; Hag. 1:1, 12, 14; Zechariah 4:6
  • 11. Nehemiah 3:29
  • 12. Ezra 8:2

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Septuagint (compare Syriac, Vulgate); Hebrew sons of; four times in this verse
  • [b]. Hebrew sons
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