1 Chronicles 3
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1 These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelite; the second, Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelite;
2 the third, Absalom, son of Maacah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah, son of Haggith;
3 the fifth, Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth, Ithream, by his wife Eglah.
4 Six were born to him in Hebron, where he reigned seven years and six months. And he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
5 These were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon — four by Bathshua daughter of Ammiel —
6 and Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet,
7 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,
8 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet — nine.
9 All these were David's sons, besides the sons of the concubines. And Tamar was their sister.
10 Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
14 Amon his son, Josiah his son.
15 The sons of Josiah: the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
16 The sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
17 The sons of Jeconiah the captive: Shealtiel his son,
18 Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
19 The sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel: 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, the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah.
22 The son of Shecaniah: Shemaiah. The sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, 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.
Translation notes (6)
- 1 Chronicles 3:1a The name Daniel here corresponds to Chileab in 2 Samuel 3:3, indicating differing textual traditions for this son of David.
- 1 Chronicles 3:5a Bathshua (Hebrew bat-shua) is a variant form of Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah taken by David in 2 Samuel 11. Her father Ammiel is called Eliam in 2 Samuel 11:3; the two names combine the same Hebrew elements, el, 'God', and am, 'people', in reverse order.
- 1 Chronicles 3:15a Johanan appears only here and is otherwise unknown; some have identified him with Jehoahaz, who succeeded Josiah (2 Kings 23:30), though Jeremiah 22:11 equates Jehoahaz with Shallum, listed here as the fourth son. Johanan may have died young, since he never reigned. The order given is by rank of birth, not by succession to the throne.
- 1 Chronicles 3:16a The Hebrew term ben, 'son of', can describe a grandson or male descendant, as here, where Zedekiah was actually Jeconiah's uncle.
- 1 Chronicles 3:17a Hebrew ha'assir ('the captive') marks Jeconiah, also called Jehoiachin, who was deported to Babylon in 597 BC (2 Kings 24:15). Because the word could be read as a proper name, some interpreters, including the King James tradition, took Assir to be a son of Jeconiah; the definite article in the Masoretic Text favors the epithet 'the captive'.
- 1 Chronicles 3:19a The Masoretic Text names Pedaiah as Zerubbabel's father, whereas Ezra 3:2, Haggai 1:1, and the genealogies of Matthew and Luke call him son of Shealtiel; the Septuagint reads Salathiel here as well. Since Pedaiah and Shealtiel are both sons of Jeconiah in verse 17, the difference is often explained by a levirate marriage or by Pedaiah raising his brother's heir.
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