King James Version
What Does 1 Chronicles 3:24 Mean?
“And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.”
Context
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. Hezekiah: Heb. Hiskijah
24
And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(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 critics approve. (See Introduction.)
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
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Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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