1 Chronicles 3:5-15

5 These are the sons he had in Jerusalem: first Shammua, then Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel was the mother of these four.

6 And then there were another nine sons: Ibhar, Elishua, Eliphelet,

7 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,

8 Elishama, Eliada, Eliphelet -

9 David's sons, plus Tamar their sister. There were other sons by his concubines.

10 In the next generation Solomon had Rehoboam, who had Abijah, who had Asa, who had Jehoshaphat,

11 who had Jehoram, who had Ahaziah, who had Joash,

12 who had Amaziah, who had Azariah, who had Jotham,

13 who had Ahaz, who had Hezekiah, who had Manasseh,

14 who had Amon, who had Josiah.

15 Josiah's firstborn was Johanan, followed by Jehoiakim, then Zedekiah, and finally 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