1 Chronicles 3 KJV
The Line of David
1 Chronicles Chapter 3: The Line of David
The chapter substitutes 'Daniel' for the son known as Chileab in 2 Samuel 3, reflecting either an alternate name tradition or a deliberate textual variant that underscores Chronicles' independent source material.
1ow 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:
2 The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
3 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.
4 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.
5 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:
6 Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,
7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
9 These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.
10 And Solomonโs son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
14 Amon his son, Josiah his son.
15 And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
16 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
17 And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,
18 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
19 And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:
20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushabhesed, five.
21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.
22 And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
23 And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three.
24 And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.
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The chapter substitutes 'Daniel' for the son known as Chileab in 2 Samuel 3, reflecting either an alternate name tradition or a deliberate textual variant that underscores Chronicles' independent source material.
By tracing the line through the exiled Jeconiah rather than Zedekiah, the genealogy implicitly navigates Jeremiah's curse on Jehoiachin while still affirming the survival of David's house after the fall of Jerusalem.
The post-exilic section extends seven generations past Zerubbabel to Anani, a chronological span that places the final redaction of this material in the late fifth or early fourth century BCE.
Solomon's mother is named 'Bath-shua' instead of Bathsheba, a unique detail in Chronicles that may soften the scandal of David's adultery by employing a less evocative form of the name.
The closing notice that Anani 'had' six brothers listed in the same verse subtly mirrors the earlier enumeration of David's own brothers and sons, creating a literary inclusio that frames the entire Davidic line from Hebron to the Persian era.