3:1Abigail’s story and Profile are found in 1 Samuel 25, p. 451.
Life Application Study Bible1 ChroniclesChapter 3
1 Chronicles 3
New Living Translation · Life Application Study Bible · Original pages: 624, 625
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1The second was Daniel, whose mother was Abigail from Carmel.
2The third was Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, kingof Geshur.The fourth was Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith.
3The fifth was Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital.The sixth was Ithream, whose mother was Eglah, David’s wife.
4These six sons were born to David in Hebron, where he reigned seven and a half years.Then David reigned another thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
5The sons born to David in Jerusalem included Shammua,* Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. Their mother was Bathsheba,* the daughter of Ammiel. David also had nine other sons: Ibhar, Elishua,* Elpelet,* 7Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, 8Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet. 9These were the sons of David, not including his sons born to his concubines. Their sister was named Tamar.
Descendants of Solomon
1010The descendants of Solomon were Rehoboam, Abijah, Asa, Jehoshaphat, 1*Jehoram,* Ahaziah, Joash, 12Amaziah, Uzziah,* Jotham, 13Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh, 14Amon, and Josiah. 2:42 Or who founded Hebron. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. 2:55 Or the founder of Beth-recab. 15The sons of Josiah were Johanan (the oldest), Jehoiakim (the second), Zedekiah (the third), and Jehoahaz* (the fourth). 16The successors of Jehoiakim were his son Jehoiachin and his brother Zedekiah.*
Descendants of Jehoiachin
The sons of Jehoiachin,* who was taken prisoner by the Babylonians, were Shealtiel, 18Malkiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. 19The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel were Meshullam and Hananiah. (Their sister was Shelomith.) 20His five other sons were Hashubah, Ohel, Berekiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-hesed. 21The sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah and Jeshaiah. Jeshaiah’s son was Rephaiah. Rephaiah’s son was Arnan. Arnan’s son was Obadiah. Obadiah’s son was Shecaniah. 22The descendants of Shecaniah were Shemaiah and his sons, Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat—six in all. 23The sons of Neariah were Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam—three in all. 24The sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani—seven in all.
Textual footnotes
- spelling of Bathsheba.
- Hebrew manuscripts read Elishama.
- a variant spelling of Jehoram.
- 3:5a As in Syriac version (see also 14:4; 2 Sam 5:14); Hebrew reads Shimea.
- 3:5b Hebrew Bathshua, a variant
- 3:6a As in some Hebrew and Greek manuscripts (see also 14:5-7 and 2 Sam 5:15); most
- 3:6b Hebrew Efiphelet; compare parallel text at 14:5-7.
- 3:11 Hebrew Joram,
- 3:12 Hebrew Azariah, a variant spelling of Uzziah.
- 3:15 Hebrew Shalium, another name for Jehoahaz.
- 3:16 Hebrew The sons of Jehoiakim were his son Jeconiah
- 3:17 Hebrew Jeconiah, a variant spelling of Jehoiachin.
Life Application Notes 7 notes
3:2Absalom’s story and Profile are found in 2 Samuel 13-18, p. 487.
3:5Bathsheba’s story is found in 2 Samuel 11-12; 1 Kings 1, and her Profile is in 1 Kings 1, p. 511. The story of her son, Solomon, who became Israel’s third king, is found in 1 Kings 1-11 and 2 Chronicles 1-9. Solomon’s Profile is found in 1 Kings 4, p. 519.
3:9The tragic story of Tamar, David’s daughter, is found in 2 Samuel 13-14.
3:10-14Many of Sclomon’s descendants ruled the nation of Judah. For Rehoboam’s story and Profile, see 2 Chronicles 10-12, p. 679. For Jehoshaphat’s story and Profile, see 2 Chronicles 17-20, p. 687. Uzziah’s story and Profile are found in 2 Chronicles 26, p. 701. Hezekiah’s story and Profile are in 2 Kings 18-20, p. 601. For Josiah’s story, see 2 Kings 22-23. His Profile is in 2 Kings 23, p. 611.
3:15Jehoiakim’s story is found in Jeremiah 22-28; 35; 36. Zedekiah’s story is found in Jeremiah 21-39.
3:19,20Zerubbabel was the leader of the first exiles to return from Babylon. His story and Profile are found in the book of Ezra.