Old Testament Commentary - 1 Chronicles 3

by Don R. Hender>

Scriptural Text [& Editorial]	Commentary & Explanation	Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
CHAPTER 3 David's sons are named—Successors of Solomon to Jeconiah and beyond are listed.
1 NOW these were the ^asons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess: 2 The third, ^aAbsalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, ^bAdonijah the son of Haggith: 3 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife. 4 These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he ^areigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.
5 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and ^aSolomon, four, of ^bBath-shua the daughter of ^cAmmiel: 6 Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, 7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. 9 These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the ^aconcubines, and ^bTamar their sister.
10 ¶ And Solomon's son was ^aRehoboam, Abia 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 And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third ^aZedekiah, the fourth ^bShallum. 16 And the sons of ^aJehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
17 ¶ And the sons of Jeconiah^a; Assir, Salathiel his son, 18 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. 19 And the sons of Pedaiah were, ^aZerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister: 20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five.	17^a the sons of Jeochiah Now the Lord by way of the prophet Jeremiah has stated concerning Jehoiachin/Coniah, "Write ye this man childless," etc. (Jeremiah 22:24-30) particularly verse 30. And though there are 'sons' named of Jehoiachin, according to the royal descent, one must consider these to be of the royal adoptive nature. For so is the linage from David and Nathan his brother so mixed with the names of the same people to conclude that at some point the male royal line did fail and was substitued in with the nearest relative of the linage of Nathan into the House of David. Luke's gospel gives the male line descent from father to son from Nathan down to Joseph, and at that point where the duplicate names do cross, immediately after Jehoiachin, is the most likely place where the substitued kinsmens of Nathan were entered into the royal linage line of the house of David as so also given in the Royal Linage of right to the throne of David as the ancestry of Mary the true mother of Jesus by Matthew's gospel. This is a legal and rightful manner of adoptive substitution accoring to Hebrew law for so was Obed and even Jesus himself so a son of a Hebrew adoptive process between families and kinsmen.
21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah. 22 And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah; and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. 23 And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three. 24 And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.