1 Chronicles 3:5-15

5 1These were born to him in Jerusalem: 2Shimea, Shobab, Nathan and 3Solomon, four by 4Bath-shua, the daughter of 5Ammiel;
6 then Ibhar, 6Elishama, Eliphelet,
7 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,
8 Elishama, 7Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
9 All these were David's sons, besides the sons of the concubines, 8and Tamar was their sister.
10 The son of Solomon was 9Rehoboam, 10Abijah his son, 11Asa his son, 12Jehoshaphat his son,
11 13Joram his son, 14Ahaziah his son, 15Joash his son,
12 16Amaziah his son, 17Azariah his son, 18Jotham his son,
13 19Ahaz his son, 20Hezekiah his son, 21Manasseh his son,
14 22Amon his son, 23Josiah his son.
15 The sons of Josiah: 24Johanan the firstborn, the second 25Jehoiakim, the third 26Zedekiah, 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

Cross References 26

  • 1. For ver. 5-8, see 1 Chronicles 14:4-7; 2 Samuel 5:14-16
  • 2. [1 Chronicles 14:4; 2 Samuel 5:14]
  • 3. 2 Samuel 12:24
  • 4. [2 Samuel 11:3]
  • 5. [2 Samuel 11:3]
  • 6. [1 Chronicles 14:5; 2 Samuel 5:15]
  • 7. [1 Chronicles 14:7]
  • 8. 2 Samuel 13:1
  • 9. 1 Kings 11:43
  • 10. [1 Kings 14:31; 1 Kings 15:1]
  • 11. 1 Kings 15:8
  • 12. 1 Kings 15:24
  • 13. 2 Kings 8:16
  • 14. 2 Kings 8:24; [2 Chronicles 21:17; 2 Chronicles 22:6]
  • 15. 2 Kings 11:2
  • 16. 2 Kings 12:21
  • 17. [2 Kings 15:30]
  • 18. 2 Kings 15:7
  • 19. 2 Kings 15:38
  • 20. 2 Kings 16:20
  • 21. 2 Kings 20:21
  • 22. 2 Kings 21:18
  • 23. 2 Kings 21:26
  • 24. [2 Kings 23:30]
  • 25. [2 Kings 23:34]
  • 26. [2 Kings 24:17]
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