King James Version
What Does 1 Chronicles 3:10 Mean?
“And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, Abia: or, Abijam I.king.15.1.”
Context
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And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. Eliada: or, Beeliada IChro.14.7.
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These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.
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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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Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, Ahaziah: or, Azariah 2.Chr.22.6.& 21.17.
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Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, Azariah: or, Uzziah 2.king.15.30.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers**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.*
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
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