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1 Chronicles 3:1-24 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

1 Now these were the sons H1121 of David, H1732 which were born H3205 unto him in Hebron; H2275 the firstborn H1060 Amnon, H550 of Ahinoam H293 the Jezreelitess; H3159 the second H8145 Daniel, H1840 of Abigail H26 the Carmelitess: H3762

2 The third, H7992 Absalom H53 the son H1121 of Maachah H4601 the daughter H1323 of Talmai H8526 king H4428 of Geshur: H1650 the fourth, H7243 Adonijah H138 the son H1121 of Haggith: H2294

3 The fifth, H2549 Shephatiah H8203 of Abital: H37 the sixth, H8345 Ithream H3507 by Eglah H5698 his wife. H802

4 These six H8337 were born H3205 unto him in Hebron; H2275 and there he reigned H4427 seven H7651 years H8141 and six H8337 months: H2320 and in Jerusalem H3389 he reigned H4427 thirty H7970 and three H7969 years. H8141

5 And these were born H3205 unto him in Jerusalem; H3389 Shimea, H8092 and Shobab, H7727 and Nathan, H5416 and Solomon, H8010 four, H702 of Bathshua H1340 the daughter H1323 of Ammiel: H5988

6 Ibhar H2984 also, and Elishama, H476 and Eliphelet, H467

7 And Nogah, H5052 and Nepheg, H5298 and Japhia, H3309

8 And Elishama, H476 and Eliada, H450 and Eliphelet, H467 nine. H8672

9 These were all the sons H1121 of David, H1732 beside the sons H1121 of the concubines, H6370 and Tamar H8559 their sister. H269

10 And Solomon's H8010 son H1121 was Rehoboam, H7346 Abia H29 his son, H1121 Asa H609 his son, H1121 Jehoshaphat H3092 his son, H1121

11 Joram H3141 his son, H1121 Ahaziah H274 his son, H1121 Joash H3101 his son, H1121

12 Amaziah H558 his son, H1121 Azariah H5838 his son, H1121 Jotham H3147 his son, H1121

13 Ahaz H271 his son, H1121 Hezekiah H2396 his son, H1121 Manasseh H4519 his son, H1121

14 Amon H526 his son, H1121 Josiah H2977 his son. H1121

15 And the sons H1121 of Josiah H2977 were, the firstborn H1060 Johanan, H3110 the second H8145 Jehoiakim, H3079 the third H7992 Zedekiah, H6667 the fourth H7243 Shallum. H7967

16 And the sons H1121 of Jehoiakim: H3079 Jeconiah H3204 his son, H1121 Zedekiah H6667 his son. H1121

17 And the sons H1121 of Jeconiah; H3204 Assir, H617 Salathiel H7597 his son, H1121

18 Malchiram H4443 also, and Pedaiah, H6305 and Shenazar, H8137 Jecamiah, H3359 Hoshama, H1953 and Nedabiah. H5072

19 And the sons H1121 of Pedaiah H6305 were, Zerubbabel, H2216 and Shimei: H8096 and the sons H1121 of Zerubbabel; H2216 Meshullam, H4918 and Hananiah, H2608 and Shelomith H8019 their sister: H269

20 And Hashubah, H2807 and Ohel, H169 and Berechiah, H1296 and Hasadiah, H2619 Jushabhesed, H3142 five. H2568

21 And the sons H1121 of Hananiah; H2608 Pelatiah, H6410 and Jesaiah: H3470 the sons H1121 of Rephaiah, H7509 the sons H1121 of Arnan, H770 the sons H1121 of Obadiah, H5662 the sons H1121 of Shechaniah. H7935

22 And the sons H1121 of Shechaniah; H7935 Shemaiah: H8098 and the sons H1121 of Shemaiah; H8098 Hattush, H2407 and Igeal, H3008 and Bariah, H1282 and Neariah, H5294 and Shaphat, H8202 six. H8337

23 And the sons H1121 of Neariah; H5294 Elioenai, H454 and Hezekiah, H2396 and Azrikam, H5840 three. H7969

24 And the sons H1121 of Elioenai H454 were, Hodaiah, H1939 and Eliashib, H475 and Pelaiah, H6411 and Akkub, H6126 and Johanan, H3110 and Dalaiah, H1806 and Anani, H6054 seven. H7651

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Chapter 3

Of all the families of Israel none was so illustrious as the family of David. That is the family which was mentioned in the foregoing chapter (v. 15). Here we have a full account of it.

  • I. David's sons (v. 1-9).
  • II. His successors in the throne as long as the kingdom continued (v. 10-16).
  • III. The remains of his family in and after the captivity (v. 17-24). From this family, "as concerning the flesh, Christ came.'

1Ch 3:1-9

We had an account of David's sons, 2 Sa. 3:2, etc., and 5:14, etc.

  • 1. He had many sons; and no doubt wrote as he thought, Ps. 127:5. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of these arrows.
  • 2. Some of them were a grief to him, as Amnon, Absalom, and Adonijah; and we do not read of any of them that imitated his piety or devotion except Solomon, and he came far short of it.
  • 3. One of them, which Bath-sheba bore to him, he called Nathan, probably in honour of Nathan the prophet, who reproved him for his sin in that matter and was instrumental to bring him to repentance. It seems he loved him the better for it as long as he lived. It is wisdom to esteem those our best friends that deal faithfully with us. From this son of David our Lord Jesus descended, as appears Lu. 3:31.
  • 4. Here are two Elishamas, and two Eliphelets, v. 6, 8. Probably the two former were dead, and therefore David called two more by their names, which he would not have done if there had been any ill omen in this practice as some fancy.
  • 5. David had many concubines; but their children are not named, as not worthy of the honour (v. 9), the rather because the concubines had dealt treacherously with David in the affair of Absalom.
  • 6. Of all David's sons Solomon was chosen to succeed him, perhaps not for any personal merits (his wisdom was God's gift), but so, Father, because it seemed good unto thee.

1Ch 3:10-24

David having nineteen sons, we may suppose them to have raised many noble families in Israel whom we never hear of in the history. But the scripture gives us an account only of the descendants of Solomon here, and of Nathan, Lu. 3. The rest had the honour to be the sons of David; but these only had the honour to be related to the Messiah. The sons of Nathan were his fathers as man, the sons of Solomon his predecessors as king. We have here,

  • 1. The great and celebrated names by which the line of David is drawn down to the captivity, the kings of Judah in a lineal succession, the history of whom we have had at large in the two books of Kings and shall meet with again in the second book of Chronicles. Seldom has a crown gone in a direct line from father to son for seventeen descents together, as here. This was the recompence of David's piety. About the time of the captivity the lineal descent was interrupted, and the crown went from one brother to another and from a nephew to an uncle, which was a presage of the eclipsing of the glory of that house.
  • 2. The less famous, and most of them very obscure, names, in which the house of David subsisted after the captivity. The only famous man of that house that we meet with at their return from captivity was Zerubbabel, elsewhere called the son of Salathiel, but appearing here to be his grandson (v. 17-19), which is usual in scripture. Belshazzar is called Nebuchadnezzar's son, but was his grandson. Salathiel is said to be the son of Jeconiah because adopted by him, and because, as some think, he succeeded him in the dignity to which he was restored by Evil-merodach. Otherwise Jeconiah was written childless: he was the signet God plucked from his right hand (Jer. 22:24), and in his room Zerubbabel was placed, and therefore God saith to him (Hag. 2:23), I will make thee as a signet. The posterity of Zerubbabel here bear not the same names that they do in the genealogies (Mt. 1, or Lu. 3), but those no doubt were taken from the then herald's office, the public registers which the priests kept of all the families of Judah, especially that of David. The last person named in this chapter is Anani, of whom bishop Patrick says that the Targum adds these words, He is the king Messiah, who is to be revealed, and some of the Jewish writers give this reason, because it is said (Dan. 7:13), the son of man came gnim gnanani-with the clouds of heaven. The reason indeed is very foreign and far-fetched; but that learned man thinks it may be made use of as an evidence that their minds were always full of the thoughts of the Messiah and that they expected it would not be very long after the days of Zerubbabel before the set time of his approach would come.