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1 Chronicles 3

1 Chronicles 3 - Introduction

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 3 This chapter gives an account of the sons of David, born to him both in Hebron and in Jerusalem, 1 Chronicles 3:1, and of his successors in the kingdom, to the Babylonish captivity, 1 Chronicles 3:10, and of his family, to the coming of the Messiah, 1 Chronicles 3:17.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 3:1

Ver. 1-4 NOW THESE WERE THE SONS OF DAVID,.... The six following born in Hebron, who are reckoned in the same order as in 2 Samuel 3:2, only here the second son is called Daniel, who there goes by the name of Chileab; he had two names, the reason of which see there; and here David's wife, Eglah, is... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 3:5

Ver. 5-8. AND THESE WERE BORN UNTO HIM IN JERUSALEM,.... Whose names follow, in all nine; there are but seven mentioned in 2 Samuel 5:14 the reason of which see in the notes there; 2 Samuel 5:14. 2 Samuel 5:15. 2 Samuel 5:16. it may be observed that Bathsheba is here called Bathshua, and her fath... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 3:9

THESE WERE ALL THE SONS OF DAVID,.... By his wives: BESIDE THE SONS OF THE CONCUBINES; who are not reckoned, and how many they were is not known; he had ten concubines at least, 2 Samuel 15:16 and 2 Samuel 20:3. AND TAMAR THEIR SISTER; not the sister of the sons of the concubines, but of his othe... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 3:10

Ver. 10-14. AND SOLOMON'S SON WAS REHOBOAM,.... From hence to the end of the fourteenth verse, David's successors are reckoned, according to the order of their reign, unto Josiah and his sons: SOLOMON, REHOBOAM, ABIA, ASA, JEHOSHAPHAT, JORAM, AHAZIAH, JOASH, AMAZIAH, AZARIAH, JOTHAM, AHAZ, HEZEKIAH... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 3:15

AND THE SONS OF JOSIAH WERE, THE FIRSTBORN JOHANAN,.... Of whom we nowhere else read; he probably died before his father Josiah: THE SECOND JEHOIAKIM: whose name was Eliakim, changed for the former by the king of Egypt, when, he deposed his younger brother, and set him on the throne, 2 Kings 23:24... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 3:16

AND THE SONS OF JEHOIAKIM; JECONIAH HIS SON, ZEDEKIAH HIS SON. This is not the Zedekiah mentioned in the preceding verse; for he was not the son but the uncle of Jeconiah, unless he should be called his son because he succeeded him in the kingdom; but he seems to be another of that name, nowhere els... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 3:17

AND THE SONS OF JECONIAH,.... For though he was pronounced childless, Jeremiah 22:30, that respects not his having no children in any sense, but none to succeed him in the kingdom: ASSIR; which signifies bound, or a prisoner, because, as Kimchi thinks, he was born in a prison, his father then being... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 3:18

MALCHIRAM ALSO,.... That is, was a son of Jeconiah as well as Salathiel, and so the rest that follow: AND PEDAIAH, AND SHENAZAR, JECAMIAH, HOSHAMA, AND NEDABIAH; Kimchi says these were the sons of Salathiel; but I rather think they were the sons of Jeconiah, and brethren of Salathiel, because of wh... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Chronicles 3:19

Ver. 19-24. AND THE SONS OF PEDAIAH WERE, ZERUBBABEL AND SHIMEI,.... Here arises a difficulty, since elsewhere Zerubbabel is said to be the son of Shealtiel, Haggai 1:1 some think this is not the same Zerubbabel here as there; so Grotius u; but I see no reason for that; but this difficulty may be re... [ Continue Reading ]

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