1 Chronicles3
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People in this chapter — 91
All people →- David
- Solomon
- Manasseh
- Hezekiah
- Absalom
- Jehoshaphat
- Zedekiah
- Josiah
- Joash
- Asa
- Rehoboam
- Ahaz
- Hananiah
- Nathan
- Shemaiah
- Amaziah
- Jehoiakim
- Uzziah
- Shimei
- Ahaziah
- Zerubbabel
- Abijah
- Adonijah
- Jotham
+67 more
- Shallum
- Tamar
- Amnon
- Meshullam
- Jehoahaz
- Johanan
- Jehoram
- Amon
- Obadiah
- Abigail
- Elishama
- Eliashib
- Shephatiah
- Bathsheba
- Berechiah
- Hebron
- Jezreel
- Maacah
- Jehoiachin
- Shealtiel
- Shecaniah
- Pedaiah
- Shaphat
- Akkub
- Ahinoam
- Eliphelet
- Elioenai
- Delaiah
- Talmai
- Shelomith
- Jeshaiah
- Azrikam
- Hodaviah
- Haggith
- Shimea
- Shammua
- Japhia
- Eliada
- Shobab
- Nepheg
- Pelatiah
- Rephaiah
- Hattush
- Eliam
- Elishua
- Ibhar
- Igal
- Neariah
- Chileab
- Abital
- Eglah
- Ithream
- Elpelet
- Nogah
- Jekamiah
- Pelaiah
- Hoshama
- Malchiram
- Nedabiah
- Shenazzar
- Hasadiah
- Hashubah
- Ohel
- Arnan
- Bariah
- Hizkiah
- Anani
Study
1 Chronicles 3Public-domain commentary and original-language notes for 1 Chronicles 3. The full AI study guide (summary, themes, context) has its own page.
Chapter Summary
In this chapter: Genealogies. (1-24).
vv1-24
Of all the families of Israel, none were so illustrious as the family of David: here we have a full account of it. From this family, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. The attentive observer will perceive that the children of the righteous enjoy many advantages.
Key Words
אֵלֶּה: these or those
בֵּן: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
דָּוִד: David, the youngest son of Jesse
יָלַד: to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
חֶבְרוֹן: Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two Israelites
בְּכוֹר: firstborn; hence, chief
אַמְנוֹן: Amnon (or Aminon), a son of David
אֲחִינֹעַם: Achinoam, the name of two Israelitesses
יִזְרְעֵאלִית: a Jezreelitess
שֵׁנִי: properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again
Cross References
1 Chronicles 3Parallels the listing of David's six sons born in Hebron with minor spelling variations.
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Identifies Shallum as the son of Josiah who succeeded him, commonly identified as Jehoahaz.
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Traces the genealogy through Jeconiah and Salathiel to Jesus Christ in the New Testament.
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Refers to Bath-shua as Bath-sheba, and Eliam as her father (called Ammiel here).
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Solomon is affectionately called the 'only' (or beloved) son of his mother.
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Prophesies that Jeconiah would be childless regarding having a successor on the throne.
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Identifies Zerubbabel as the son of Shealtiel (Salathiel) in post-exilic leadership.
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Lists David's sons born in Jerusalem, showing differences in spelling and number.
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Confirms Zedekiah's relationship as the son of Josiah reigning in place of Coniah.
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Confirms David reigned in Hebron over Judah for seven years and six months.
Traces the genealogy of Joseph/Mary through David's son Nathan.
Identifies Jezreel in Judah, the home of David's wife Ahinoam.
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Adonijah, David's fourth son by Haggith, attempts to exalt himself as king.
Mentions Tamar, the sister of Absalom, as David's daughter.
Shows the king of Babylon made Mattaniah (Zedekiah), Jehoiachin's uncle, king.
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