1 Chronicles 3:8-18

8 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet (nine [by other wives]).

9 All of these were David's sons. Besides these, there were the sons of the concubines. Tamar was their sister.

10 Solomon's son was Rehoboam. Rehoboam's son was Abijah. Abijah's son was Asa. Asa's son was Jehoshaphat.

11 Jehoshaphat's son was Joram. Joram's son was Ahaziah. Ahaziah's son was Joash.

12 Joash's son was Amaziah. Amaziah's son was Azariah. Azariah's son was Jotham.

13 Jotham's son was Ahaz. Ahaz's son was Hezekiah. Hezekiah's son was Manasseh.

14 Manasseh's son was Amon. Amon's son was Josiah.

15 Josiah's firstborn son was Johanan, the second was Jehoiakim, the third was Zedekiah, and the fourth was Shallum.

16 Jehoiakim's son was Jeconiah, whose son was Zedekiah.

17 The descendants of the prisoner Jeconiah were his son Shealtiel,

18 then Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.

1 Chronicles 3:8-18 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