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1 Chronicles 3

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This chapter traces David’s sons, the kings descended from Solomon, and the Davidic line beyond the Babylonian exile. The list moves from David’s household in Hebron and Jerusalem through the monarchy to Jeconiah’s descendants. That final movement is crucial: even after the throne has fallen, the family line has not disappeared.

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Coming from

Chapter 2 established David within the tribe of Judah and traced the families that surround his ancestry.

In this chapter

The genealogy concentrates on David’s sons and the royal succession through Solomon, then continues beyond the exile.

Leads into

Chapter 4 returns to other Judahite families and then includes Simeon, widening the genealogical picture again.

Key understandingExplore deeper

The chapter is both royal genealogy and theological reassurance. The exile ended the active Davidic monarchy, but it did not erase David’s descendants. For post-exilic readers, that continuity matters because God’s promises to David had not been forgotten even when no Davidic king sat on Jerusalem’s throne.

Major truths in this chapterExplore deeper

Truth 1

David’s house continues through Solomon and the kings of Judah.

Truth 2

The exile is a historical judgment, but it does not annihilate the Davidic family line.

Truth 3

Biblical hope can continue through periods in which the visible institutions connected to a promise have collapsed.

Connections to the rest of ScriptureExplore deeper

Connection 1

Second Samuel 7 records God’s covenant promises concerning David’s house and kingdom.

Connection 2

Second Kings 24–25 records the exile of Jehoiachin and the fall of the monarchy.

Connection 3

Matthew 1 traces Jesus through the royal line associated with David and the exile, bringing the Davidic promise to its messianic fulfillment.

What is clear, and where care is neededExplore deeper

Keep this clear 1

Do not force the genealogy into a modern Western family-tree format; biblical genealogies may compress or arrange material selectively.

Keep this clear 2

The survival of David’s line is not the same as saying every descendant was faithful.

Keep this clear 3

The chapter points to dynastic continuity, not to salvation by ancestry.

Read 1 Chronicles 3 watching for…

The shift from David’s sons to Solomon’s royal line.

The succession of Judah’s kings.

Where the genealogy passes through the exile.

The continuation of David’s descendants after the monarchy has fallen.

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1-9David’s sons born in Hebron and Jerusalem are listed 10-16The royal line is traced from Solomon to the captivity 17-24The descendants of Jeconiah are listed after the captivity

Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess:

The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:

The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.

These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.

And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:

Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,

And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.

These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.

And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,

Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,

Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,

Amon his son, Josiah his son.

And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.

And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,

Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.

And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:

And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushabhesed, five.

And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.

And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.

And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three.

And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.

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