THE SONS OF DAVID - The writer returns to the point at which he had left the posterity of Ram 1 Chronicles 2:9, 1 Chronicles 2:15, and traces out the family of David - the royal house of the tribe of Judah. DANIEL - See the marginal note and reference. There are three lists of the sons of David, b... [ Continue Reading ]
BATHSHUA, THE DAUGHTER OF AMMIEL - Both names are here given in an unusual form, but it may be doubted whether in either case there has been any corruption. In “Bathshua,” for “Bathsheba,” a ו (_v_) replaces the ב (_b_) of the earlier writer, “w” and “b” having nearly the same sound. In “Ammiel,” fo... [ Continue Reading ]
ABIA - Rather, “Abijah,” as in 2 Chr. 11–14, where the Hebrew word is exactly the same.... [ Continue Reading ]
AHAZIAH - Called “Jehoahaz” by a transposition of the elements composing the name, and “Azariah,” probably by a transcriber’s error (see marginal notes and references).... [ Continue Reading ]
AZARIAH - Elsewhere in Chronicles called uniformly “Uzziah” (2 Chronicles 26:1, 2 Chronicles 26:3,2Ch 26:9, 2 Chronicles 26:11, etc.), but called indifferently “Azariah” and “Uzziah” in Kings (“Azariah” in 2 Kings 14:21; 2Ki 15:1, 2 Kings 15:6,2Ki 15:17, 2 Kings 15:23,... [ Continue Reading ]
Of the sons of Josiah, Johanan, “the first-born,” who is mentioned in this place only, must, it would seem, have died before his father, or with him at Megiddo; and Shallum (also called Jehoahaz, marginal note and reference) was considerably older than Zedekiah, and was consequently the third, and n... [ Continue Reading ]
ASSIR - Perhaps born in the captivity, and therefore so named, who either (died young, or was made a eunuch (Isaiah 39:7; compare Jeremiah 22:30). After Assir’s decease, or mutilation, the line of Solomon became extinct, and according to the principles of the Jewish law Numbers 27:8 the inheritance... [ Continue Reading ]
Zerubbabel, elsewhere always called “the son of Salathiel,” was only Salathiel’s heir and legal son, being naturally his nephew, the son of his brother, Pedaiah.... [ Continue Reading ]
SIX - There are only five names in the Hebrew text. The Syriac anti Arabic versions supply “Azariah” between Neariah and Shaphat. The question of the proper arrangement of the genealogy of the descendants of Zerubbabel 1 Chronicles 3:19 is important in its bearing on the interesting point of the ti... [ Continue Reading ]