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1 Chronicles 3
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The Sons of David
Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess: Daniel: or, Chileab 2Sam.3.3.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Davidic royal succession section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>מַלְכוּת (malkhut) - kingdom</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theological statement...
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**I.—The sons of David.**—This section is parallel to 2Samuel 3:2-5 (comp. 1Chronicles 3:1-4) and 2Samuel 5:14-16 (1Chronicles 3:5-9), with which comp. 1Chronicles 14:3-7.
(1-4) The six sons born in Hebron. The sons and mothers agree with those of the parallel passage in Sam., with the one exception of the second son, who is here called Daniel, but in Samuel, Chileab. The LXX. (2Samuel 3:3) has Δα...
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Genealogies.
--Of all the families of Israel, none were so illustrious as the family of David: here we have a full account of it. From this family, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. The attentive observer will perceive that the children of the righteous enjoy many advantages.
The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Davidic royal succession section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>מַלְכוּת (malkhut) - kingdom</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theological statement...
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(2) **Absalom.**—David’s favourite and rebellious son (2 Samuel 15-19). The common Heb. text has “to Absalom;” but a number of MSS. and all the old versions read Absalom. Rabbi D. Kimchi gives the characteristic explanation that L-ABSHALOM alludes to LO-ABSHALOM, “not Absalom”—that is, not a “father of peace,” but a rebel.
**Maachah . . . Geshur.**—See 1Chronicles 2:23.
**Adonijah the son of Haggi...
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--Of all the families of Israel, none were so illustrious as the family of David: here we have a full account of it. From this family, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. The attentive observer will perceive that the children of the righteous enjoy many advantages.
The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.
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<strong>The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife</strong>—these were David's sons born in Hebron during his seven-year reign over Judah (2 Samuel 3:2-5). שְׁפַטְיָה (<em>Shephatyah</em>) means 'Yahweh has judged,' while יִתְרְעָם (<em>Ithream</em>) means 'remainder of the people' or 'excellence of the people.' Abital (אֲבִיטָל, 'my father is dew') and Eglah (עֶגְלָה, '...
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(3) **Eglah** (*heifer*) **his wife.**—Eglah is not marked out as principal wife of David. The expression “his wife” is added simply to balance the clause, to make up for the absence of details respecting her connexions, such as are given in the case of some of the other wives. Jewish expositors have groundlessly identified Eglah with Michal, daughter of Saul (1Samuel 18:20).
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Genealogies.
--Of all the families of Israel, none were so illustrious as the family of David: here we have a full account of it. From this family, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. The attentive observer will perceive that the children of the righteous enjoy many advantages.
These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Davidic royal succession section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>מַלְכוּת (malkhut) - kingdom</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theological statement...
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(4) **These six were born unto him in Hebron.**—Literally, *Six were born.* 2Samuel 3:5 : “These were born.”
**And there he reigned seven years.**—This notice of the time David reigned first in Hebron, the Judean capital, and then in Jerusalem over all Israel, is not read in the parallel section of Samuel; but see 2Samuel 2:11; 2Samuel 5:5 for the same statements.
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Genealogies.
--Of all the families of Israel, none were so illustrious as the family of David: here we have a full account of it. From this family, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. The attentive observer will perceive that the children of the righteous enjoy many advantages.
And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel: Shimea: or, Shammua 2.Sam.5.14. Bathshua: or, Bathsheba 2Sam.11.13. Ammiel: or, Eliam 2.Sam.11.3.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Davidic royal succession section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>מַלְכוּת (malkhut) - kingdom</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theological statement...
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(5-8) The thirteen sons born in Jerusalem. See 2Samuel 5:14-16, and 1Chronicles 14:4-7, where this list is repeated with some variations (1Chronicles 3:5). The four sons of Bath-sheba, called here Bath-shua, a weakened form, if not a copyist’s error. By a similar change the Elishama of 1Chronicles 3:6 appears in Samuel as Elishua.
**Shimea** (“report”) was a son of Jesse (1Chronicles 2:13). Perhap...
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--Of all the families of Israel, none were so illustrious as the family of David: here we have a full account of it. From this family, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. The attentive observer will perceive that the children of the righteous enjoy many advantages.
Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, Elishama: or, Elishua 2Sa.5.15.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Davidic royal succession section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>מַלְכוּת (malkhut) - kingdom</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theological statement...
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(6) **Ibhar.**—“He” (*i.e.,* God) “chooseth.”
**Elishama.**—Spelt Elishua in both of the parallel passsages. (See Note on 1Chronicles 3:5.) The recurrence of Elishama (“God heareth”) in 1Chronicles 3:8 is no argument against the name here.
**Eliphelet** (“God is deliverance”) also occurs twice, and David may have chosen to give names so expressive of his own peculiar faith and trust to the sons of...
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--Of all the families of Israel, none were so illustrious as the family of David: here we have a full account of it. From this family, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. The attentive observer will perceive that the children of the righteous enjoy many advantages.
And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Davidic royal succession section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>מַלְכוּת (malkhut) - kingdom</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theological statement...
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Genealogies.
--Of all the families of Israel, none were so illustrious as the family of David: here we have a full account of it. From this family, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. The attentive observer will perceive that the children of the righteous enjoy many advantages.
And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. Eliada: or, Beeliada IChro.14.7.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Davidic royal succession section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>מַלְכוּת (malkhut) - kingdom</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theological statement...
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(8) **Eliada.**—(“God knoweth”) The Beeliada (“Lord knoweth”) of 1Chronicles 14:7 is probably more ancient, though Samuel also has Eliada. God was of old called Baal as well as El; and the former title was only discarded because it tended to foster a confusion between the degrading cultus of the Canaanite Baals, and the true religion of Israel. So it came to pass in later times that men were unwil...
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Genealogies.
--Of all the families of Israel, none were so illustrious as the family of David: here we have a full account of it. From this family, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. The attentive observer will perceive that the children of the righteous enjoy many advantages.
These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Davidic royal succession section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>מַלְכוּת (malkhut) - kingdom</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theological statement...
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(9) **Sons of the concubines.**—David’s concubines (*pilagshim, *πλλακαί) are mentioned several times in Samuel (*e.g.,* 2Samuel 12:11), but their sons here only. However repugnant to modern ideas, it was and is part of the state of an Oriental potentate to possess a harem of many wives.
**And Tamar** (was) **their sister.**—Not the only one, but the sister whose unhappy fate had made her famous (...
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CHAPTER 18
2Ki 18:1-3. Hezekiah's Good Reign.
**1-2. Hezekiah ... began to reign. Twenty and five years old--**According to this statement (compare 2Ki 16:2), he must have been born when his father Ahaz was no more than eleven years old. Paternity at an age so early is not unprecedented in the warm climates of the south, where the human frame is matured sooner than in our northern regions. But...
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Genealogies.
--Of all the families of Israel, none were so illustrious as the family of David: here we have a full account of it. From this family, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. The attentive observer will perceive that the children of the righteous enjoy many advantages.
The Royal Line After Solomon
And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, Abia: or, Abijam I.king.15.1.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Davidic royal succession section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>מַלְכוּת (malkhut) - kingdom</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theological statement...
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**II.—**The kings of the house of David, as otherwise known from the books of Kings (1Chronicles 3:10-16).
(10) **Rehoboam.**—So LXX. Ροβοαμ. Heb., *Rĕhab-‘ām* (“the Kinsman,” *i.e.,* God hath enlarged).
**Abia.**—LXX., Αβια; Heb., *Abîyāh *(*Iah is father*)*,* of which Abijam (*Abîyām*) is a *mimmated* form.
**Asa.**—*Healer.*
**Jehoshaphat.**—*Iahweh judgeth.*
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CHAPTER 18
2Ki 18:1-3. Hezekiah's Good Reign.
**1-2. Hezekiah ... began to reign. Twenty and five years old--**According to this statement (compare 2Ki 16:2), he must have been born when his father Ahaz was no more than eleven years old. Paternity at an age so early is not unprecedented in the warm climates of the south, where the human frame is matured sooner than in our northern regions. But...
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Genealogies.
--Of all the families of Israel, none were so illustrious as the family of David: here we have a full account of it. From this family, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. The attentive observer will perceive that the children of the righteous enjoy many advantages.
Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, Ahaziah: or, Azariah 2.Chr.22.6.& 21.17.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Davidic royal succession section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>מַלְכוּת (malkhut) - kingdom</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theological statement...
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(11) **Joram**—Jehorain. *Iahweh is high.*
**Ahaziah.**—*Iah holdeth* (Luke 1:54, ἀντελάβετ*, *“he hath holpen”).
**Joash.**—(?) *Iahweh is a hero.* Cf. *Ashbel* = “man of Bel,” and Exodus 15:3.
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Genealogies.
--Of all the families of Israel, none were so illustrious as the family of David: here we have a full account of it. From this family, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. The attentive observer will perceive that the children of the righteous enjoy many advantages.
Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, Azariah: or, Uzziah 2.king.15.30.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Davidic royal succession section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>מַלְכוּת (malkhut) - kingdom</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theological statement...
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(12) **Amaziah.**—*Iah is strong.*
**Azariah.**—*Iah helpeth.*
**Jotham.**—*Iahweh is perfect.*
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**4. He removed the high places and brake the images, &c.--**The methods adopted by this good king for extirpating idolatry, and accomplishing a thorough reformation in religion, are fully detailed (2Ch 20:3; 31:19). But they are indicated very briefly, and in a sort of passing allusion.
**brake in pieces the brazen serpent--**The preservation of this remarkable relic of antiquity (Nu 21:5-1...
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--Of all the families of Israel, none were so illustrious as the family of David: here we have a full account of it. From this family, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. The attentive observer will perceive that the children of the righteous enjoy many advantages.
Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
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<strong>Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son</strong>—this sequence presents Judah's most dramatic spiritual oscillation: wicked Ahaz (אָחָז, 'he has grasped'), righteous Hezekiah (חִזְקִיָּהוּ, 'Yahweh strengthens'), and wicked Manasseh (מְנַשֶּׁה, 'causing to forget'). Ahaz promoted Baal worship and sacrificed his sons (2 Kings 16:3); Hezekiah reformed Judah and trusted God through A...
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(13) **Ahaz.**—Abbreviation of Jehoahaz, which = Ahaziah.
**Hezekiah.**—Heb., *Hizkiyāhû,* “my strength is Iahu.”
**Manasseh** (?) Perhaps of Egyptian origin.
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**5-6. He trusted in the Lord God of Israel--**without invoking the aid or purchasing the succor of foreign auxiliaries like Asa (1Ki 15:18, 19) and Ahaz (2Ki 16:17; Is 7:1-25).
**so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah--**Of course David and Solomon are excepted, they having had the sovereignty of the whole country. In the petty kingdom of Judah, Josiah alone had a simi...
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--Of all the families of Israel, none were so illustrious as the family of David: here we have a full account of it. From this family, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. The attentive observer will perceive that the children of the righteous enjoy many advantages.
Amon his son, Josiah his son.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Davidic royal succession section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>מַלְכוּת (malkhut) - kingdom</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theological statement...
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(14) **Amon.**—Probably the Egyptian sun-god Amen or Amun.
**Josiah.**—*Iah comforteth.*
In this line of fifteen successive monarchs, the usurper Athaliah is omitted between Ahaziah and Joash (1Chronicles 3:11).
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**5-6. He trusted in the Lord God of Israel--**without invoking the aid or purchasing the succor of foreign auxiliaries like Asa (1Ki 15:18, 19) and Ahaz (2Ki 16:17; Is 7:1-25).
**so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah--**Of course David and Solomon are excepted, they having had the sovereignty of the whole country. In the petty kingdom of Judah, Josiah alone had a simi...
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--Of all the families of Israel, none were so illustrious as the family of David: here we have a full account of it. From this family, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. The attentive observer will perceive that the children of the righteous enjoy many advantages.
And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. Johanan: or, Jehochaz 2.kin.23.30. Jehoiakim: or, Eliakim 2.kin.23.34. Zedekiah: or, Mathaniah.2.kin.24.17.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Davidic royal succession section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>מַלְכוּת (malkhut) - kingdom</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theological statement...
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(15) **And the sons of Josiah.**—The regular succession by primogeniture ceases with Josiah.
**The firstborn Johanan** (*Iahweh bestowed*) never ascended the throne of his fathers. He may have died early. He is not to be identified with Jehoahaz, who was two years younger than Jehoiakim (2Kings 23:31; 2Kings 23:36), and therefore could not have been the *firstborn* of Josiah.
**The second Jehoiaki...
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**7-8. he rebelled against the king of Assyria--**that is, the yearly tribute his father had stipulated to pay, he, with imprudent haste, withdrew. Pursuing the policy of a truly theocratic sovereign, he was, through the divine blessing which rested on his government, raised to a position of great public and national strength. Shalmaneser had withdrawn from Palestine, being engaged perhaps in a wa...
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Genealogies.
--Of all the families of Israel, none were so illustrious as the family of David: here we have a full account of it. From this family, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. The attentive observer will perceive that the children of the righteous enjoy many advantages.
And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. Jeconiah: also called, Jehoiachin 2kin.24.6, Zedekiah: or Coniah ier.22.24
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Davidic royal succession section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>מַלְכוּת (malkhut) - kingdom</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theological statement...
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(16) **Jeconiah** (*Iah establish* *!*)= Jehoiachin (*Iahweh establisheth*)* =* Coniah (Jeremiah 22:24; Jeremiah 22:28—an abbreviation of Jeconiah), was carried captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar (2Kings 24:15), and Zedekiah his father’s brother, became king in his stead. Hence the supposition that “Zedekiah his son” means “Zedekiah his successor” on the throne. (Comp. margin.) But (1) the phras...
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**7-8. he rebelled against the king of Assyria--**that is, the yearly tribute his father had stipulated to pay, he, with imprudent haste, withdrew. Pursuing the policy of a truly theocratic sovereign, he was, through the divine blessing which rested on his government, raised to a position of great public and national strength. Shalmaneser had withdrawn from Palestine, being engaged perhaps in a wa...
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Genealogies.
--Of all the families of Israel, none were so illustrious as the family of David: here we have a full account of it. From this family, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. The attentive observer will perceive that the children of the righteous enjoy many advantages.
And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son, Salathiel: Heb. Shealtiel
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Davidic royal succession section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>מַלְכוּת (malkhut) - kingdom</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theological statement...
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**III.—**The posterity of Jeconiah after the exile (1Chronicles 3:17-24). This section is peculiar to the chronicle.
(17) **Assir.**—This word means prisoner, captive; literally, *bondman.* It so occurs in Isaiah 10:2; Isaiah 24:22. Accordingly the verse may be rendered, “And the sons of Jeconiah when captive—Shealtiel (was) his son.” This translation (1) accords with the Masoretic punctuation, wh...
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--Of all the families of Israel, none were so illustrious as the family of David: here we have a full account of it. From this family, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. The attentive observer will perceive that the children of the righteous enjoy many advantages.
Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Davidic royal succession section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>מַלְכוּת (malkhut) - kingdom</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theological statement...
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(18) **Malchiram also, and Pedaiah.**—According to our present Hebrew text these six persons, arranged as two trios, are sons of Jeconiah, and brothers of Shealtiel.
**Shenazar**—Heb., *Shen’azzar;* LXX., Σανεσάρ—is a compound Babylonian name, like Belteshazzar (Daniel 1:7), of which the last part means “protect,” and the first is, perhaps, “Sin” (comp. Σαναχάριβος)*,* the moon-god. Such a name as...
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--Of all the families of Israel, none were so illustrious as the family of David: here we have a full account of it. From this family, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. The attentive observer will perceive that the children of the righteous enjoy many advantages.
And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Davidic royal succession section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>מַלְכוּת (malkhut) - kingdom</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theological statement...
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(19) **And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and** **Shimei.**—Zerubbabel, the famous prince who, with Joshua the high priest, led the first colony of restored exiles from Babylon to Canaan, under the edict of Cyrus (B.C. cir. 536). Zerubbabel (LXX., Σοροβάβελ), means *born at Babel.* His father is appropriately named Pedaiah (*Iah hath redeemed*)*.* Zerubbabel is called son of Shealtiel (Hagg...
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--Of all the families of Israel, none were so illustrious as the family of David: here we have a full account of it. From this family, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. The attentive observer will perceive that the children of the righteous enjoy many advantages.
And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushabhesed, five.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Davidic royal succession section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>מַלְכוּת (malkhut) - kingdom</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theological statement...
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(20) These five sons form a second group of Zerubbabel’s children, probably by another wife. The *v* of union seems to have fallen out before the last name, Jushab-hesed.
The names of the last kings (Shallum, *recompense;* Zedekiah, *Iah is righteousness*) were parables of the judgment that should come to pass in Judah. (Comp. Isaiah 10:22 : “A consumption is doomed, overflowing with righteousness...
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Genealogies.
--Of all the families of Israel, none were so illustrious as the family of David: here we have a full account of it. From this family, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. The attentive observer will perceive that the children of the righteous enjoy many advantages.
And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Davidic royal succession section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>מַלְכוּת (malkhut) - kingdom</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theological statement...
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(21) **And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah.**—Heb., *son;* but some MSS. and all the versions read *sons.* Pelatiah means *Iah is deliverance.* Jesaiah is the same name as Isaiah, meaning *Iah is salvation.*
**The sons of Rephaiah.**—The ancient versions represent here an important various reading. The LXX. have rendered the whole verse thus: “And sons of Anania; Phalettia, and Jesias ...
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**13. Sennacherib--**the son and successor of Shalmaneser.
**all the fenced cities of Judah--**not absolutely all of them; for, besides the capital, some strong fortresses held out against the invader (2Ki 18:17; 2Ki 19:8). The following account of Sennacherib's invasion of Judah and the remarkable destruction of his army, is repeated almost verbatim in 2Ch 32:1-33 and Is 36:1-37:38. The expedit...
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Genealogies.
--Of all the families of Israel, none were so illustrious as the family of David: here we have a full account of it. From this family, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. The attentive observer will perceive that the children of the righteous enjoy many advantages.
And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Davidic royal succession section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>מַלְכוּת (malkhut) - kingdom</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theological statement...
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(22) **The sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah.**—See Note on 1Chronicles 1:41.
**Hattush.**—Probably the Hattush “of the sons of David, of the sons of Shechaniah,” mentioned by Ezra as one of those who went up with him from Babylon in the second return, 457 B.C. (Ezra 8:2-3). If we have rightly understood 1Chronicles 3:21, Hattush is of the fourth generation after Zerubbabel (Hananiah, Shechaniah, Shema...
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**14-16. Hezekiah ... sent to Lachish, saying, ... that which thou puttest on me will I bear--**Disappointed in his expectations of aid from Egypt, and feeling himself unable to resist so mighty a conqueror who was menacing Jerusalem itself, Hezekiah made his submission. The payment of 300 talents of silver, and 30 talents of gold--£351,000--brought a temporary respite; but, in raising the imposed...
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Genealogies.
--Of all the families of Israel, none were so illustrious as the family of David: here we have a full account of it. From this family, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. The attentive observer will perceive that the children of the righteous enjoy many advantages.
And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three. Hezekiah: Heb. Hiskijah
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<strong>And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three</strong>—these descendants of David's royal line lived post-exilic, after the Babylonian captivity ended monarchy. אֶלְיוֹעֵינַי (<em>Elyoenai</em>) means 'my eyes are toward Yahweh,' חִזְקִיָּה (<em>Hizkiyah</em>) means 'Yahweh strengthens,' and עַזְרִיקָם (<em>Azrikam</em>) means 'my help has risen.' The careful specific...
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(23) **Elioenai**—*unto Iah *(*are*)* mine eyes,* Psalm 123:1-2—is an expansion of the same idea. (Comp. also Psalm 25:15.) An Elioenai went up with Ezra (Ezra 8:4).
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**14-16. Hezekiah ... sent to Lachish, saying, ... that which thou puttest on me will I bear--**Disappointed in his expectations of aid from Egypt, and feeling himself unable to resist so mighty a conqueror who was menacing Jerusalem itself, Hezekiah made his submission. The payment of 300 talents of silver, and 30 talents of gold--£351,000--brought a temporary respite; but, in raising the imposed...
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Chapter 3
Genealogies.
--Of all the families of Israel, none were so illustrious as the family of David: here we have a full account of it. From this family, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. The attentive observer will perceive that the children of the righteous enjoy many advantages.
And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.
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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Davidic royal succession section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>מַלְכוּת (malkhut) - kingdom</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theological statement...
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(24) **The sons of Elioenai . . . Hodaiah.**—These sons of Elioenai are the sixth generation from Zerubbabel (536-515 B.C. ), that is to say, they were living about 345 B.C. , under Artaxerxes Ochus. If the reading of the LXX. in 1Chronicles 3:21 be correct, their date is four generations later, or about 225 B.C. The result is to bring down the date of the chronicle a century lower than the best c...
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**14-16. Hezekiah ... sent to Lachish, saying, ... that which thou puttest on me will I bear--**Disappointed in his expectations of aid from Egypt, and feeling himself unable to resist so mighty a conqueror who was menacing Jerusalem itself, Hezekiah made his submission. The payment of 300 talents of silver, and 30 talents of gold--£351,000--brought a temporary respite; but, in raising the imposed...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 3
Genealogies.
--Of all the families of Israel, none were so illustrious as the family of David: here we have a full account of it. From this family, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. The attentive observer will perceive that the children of the righteous enjoy many advantages.