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Verse	Translation	Text
1Ch 3:10	Strong Concordance	And Solomon's [08010] son [01121] was Rehoboam [07346], Abia [029] his son [01121], Asa [0609] his son [01121], Jehoshaphat [03092] his son [01121],
	King James	And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
HIS LINE TO ZEDEKIAH. (Ch1 3:10-16) Solomon's son was Rehoboam, &c.--David's line is here drawn down to the captivity, through a succession of good and bad, but still influential and celebrated, monarchs. It has rarely happened that a crown has been transmitted from father to son, in lineal descent, for seventeen reigns. But this was the promised reward of David's piety. There is, indeed, observable some vacillation towards the close of this period--the crown passing from one brother to another, an even from uncle to nephew--a sure sign of disorderly times and a disjointed government.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

HIS LINE TO ZEDEKIAH. (Ch1 3:10-16)

Solomon's son was Rehoboam, &c.--David's line is here drawn down to the captivity, through a succession of good and bad, but still influential and celebrated, monarchs. It has rarely happened that a crown has been transmitted from father to son, in lineal descent, for seventeen reigns. But this was the promised reward of David's piety. There is, indeed, observable some vacillation towards the close of this period--the crown passing from one brother to another, an even from uncle to nephew--a sure sign of disorderly times and a disjointed government.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Abia - Rather, "Abijah," as in 2 Chr. 11-14, where the Hebrew word is exactly the same.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
The kings of the house of David from Solomon till the exile. - Until Josiah the individual kings are mentioned in their order, each with the addition בּנו, son of the preceding, Ch1 3:10-14; the only omission being that of the usurper Athaliah, because she did not belong to the posterity of David. But in Ch1 3:15 four sons of Josiah are mentioned, not "in order to allow of a halt in the long line of David's descendants after Josiah the great reformer" (Berth.), but because with Josiah the regular succession to the throne in the house of David ceased. For the younger son Jehoahaz, who was made king after his father's death by the people, was soon dethroned by Pharaoh-Necho, and led away captive to Egypt; and of the other sons Jehoiakim was set up by Pharaoh, and Zedekiah by Nebuchadnezzar, so that both were only vassals of heathen lords of the land, and the independent kingship of David came properly to an end with the death of Josiah. Johanan, the first-born of the sons of Josiah, is not to be identified with Jehoahaz, whom the people raised to the throne. For, in the first place, it appears from the statement as to the ages of Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim in Kg2 23:31, Kg2 23:36; Ch2 36:2, Ch2 36:5, that Jehoahaz was two years younger than Jehoiakim, and consequently was not the first-born. In Jer 22:11 it is expressly declared that Shallum, the fourth son of Josiah, was king of Judah instead of his father, and was led away into captivity, and never saw his native land again, as history narrates of Jehoahaz. From this it would appear that Shallum took, as king, the name Jehoahaz. Johanan, the first-born, is not met with again in history, either because he died early, or because nothing remarkable could be told of him. Jehoiakim was called Eliakim before he was raised to the throne (Kg2 23:24). Zedekiah was at first Mattaniah (Kg2 24:17). Zedekiah, on his ascending the throne, was younger than Shallum, and that event occurred eleven years after the accession of Shallum = Jehoahaz. Zedekiah was only twenty-one years old, while Jehoahaz had become king in his twenty-third year. But in our genealogy Zedekiah is introduced after Jehoiakim, and before Shallum, because, on the one hand, Jehoiakim and Zedekiah had occupied the throne for a longer period, each having been eleven years king; and on the other, Zedekiah and Shallum were sons of Hamutal (Kg2 23:31; Kg2 24:18), while Jehoiakim was the son of Zebudah (Kg2 23:36). According to age, they should have followed each other in this order - Johanan, Jehoiakim, Shallum, and Zedekiah; and in respect to their kingship, Shallum should have stood before Jehoiakim. But in both cases those born of the same mother, Hamutal, would have been separated. To avoid this, apparently, Shallum has been enumerated in the fourth place, along with his full brother Zedekiah. In Ch1 3:6 it is remarkable that a son of Jehoiakim's son Jeconiah is mentioned, named Zedekiah, while the sons of Jeconiah follow only in Ch1 3:17 and Ch1 3:18. Jeconiah (cf. Jer 24:1; shortened Coniah, Jer 22:24, Jer 22:28, and Jer 37:1) is called, as kings, in Kg2 24:8. and Ch2 36:9, Jehoiachin, another form of the name, but having the same signification, "Jahve founds or establishes." Zedekiah can only be a son of Jeconiah, for the בּנו which is added constantly denotes that the person so called is the son of his predecessor. Many commentators, certainly, were of opinion that Zedekiah was the same person as the brother of Jehoiakim mentioned in Ch1 3:15 under the name Zidkijahu, and who is here introduced as son of Jeconiah, because he was the successor of Jeconiah on the throne. For this view support was sought in a reference to Ch1 3:10., in which all Solomon's successors in the kingship are enumerated in order with בּנו. But all the kings who succeeded each other from Solomon to Josiah were also, without exception, sons of their predecessors; so that there בּנו throughout denotes a proper son, while King Zedekiah, on the contrary, was not the son, but an uncle of Jeconiah (Jehoiachin). We must therefore hold צדקיּה for a literal son of Jeconiah, and that so much the more, because the name צדקיּה differs also from צדקיּהוּ, as the name of the king is constantly written in Kg2 24:17. and in Ch2 36:10. But mention is made of this Zedekiah in Ch1 3:16 apart from the other sons of Jeconiah (Ch1 3:17 and Ch1 3:18), perhaps because he was not led away captive into exile with the others, but died in Judah before the breaking up of the kingdom.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

The kings of the house of David from Solomon till the exile. - Until Josiah the individual kings are mentioned in their order, each with the addition בּנו, son of the preceding, Ch1 3:10-14; the only omission being that of the usurper Athaliah, because she did not belong to the posterity of David. But in Ch1 3:15 four sons of Josiah are mentioned, not "in order to allow of a halt in the long line of David's descendants after Josiah the great reformer" (Berth.), but because with Josiah the regular succession to the throne in the house of David ceased. For the younger son Jehoahaz, who was made king after his father's death by the people, was soon dethroned by Pharaoh-Necho, and led away captive to Egypt; and of the other sons Jehoiakim was set up by Pharaoh, and Zedekiah by Nebuchadnezzar, so that both were only vassals of heathen lords of the land, and the independent kingship of David came properly to an end with the death of Josiah. Johanan, the first-born of the sons of Josiah, is not to be identified with Jehoahaz, whom the people raised to the throne. For, in the first place, it appears from the statement as to the ages of Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim in Kg2 23:31, Kg2 23:36; Ch2 36:2, Ch2 36:5, that Jehoahaz was two years younger than Jehoiakim, and consequently was not the first-born. In Jer 22:11 it is expressly declared that Shallum, the fourth son of Josiah, was king of Judah instead of his father, and was led away into captivity, and never saw his native land again, as history narrates of Jehoahaz. From this it would appear that Shallum took, as king, the name Jehoahaz. Johanan, the first-born, is not met with again in history, either because he died early, or because nothing remarkable could be told of him. Jehoiakim was called Eliakim before he was raised to the throne (Kg2 23:24). Zedekiah was at first Mattaniah (Kg2 24:17). Zedekiah, on his ascending the throne, was younger than Shallum, and that event occurred eleven years after the accession of Shallum = Jehoahaz. Zedekiah was only twenty-one years old, while Jehoahaz had become king in his twenty-third year. But in our genealogy Zedekiah is introduced after Jehoiakim, and before Shallum, because, on the one hand, Jehoiakim and Zedekiah had occupied the throne for a longer period, each having been eleven years king; and on the other, Zedekiah and Shallum were sons of Hamutal (Kg2 23:31; Kg2 24:18), while Jehoiakim was the son of Zebudah (Kg2 23:36). According to age, they should have followed each other in this order - Johanan, Jehoiakim, Shallum, and Zedekiah; and in respect to their kingship, Shallum should have stood before Jehoiakim. But in both cases those born of the same mother, Hamutal, would have been separated. To avoid this, apparently, Shallum has been enumerated in the fourth place, along with his full brother Zedekiah. In Ch1 3:6 it is remarkable that a son of Jehoiakim's son Jeconiah is mentioned, named Zedekiah, while the sons of Jeconiah follow only in Ch1 3:17 and Ch1 3:18. Jeconiah (cf. Jer 24:1; shortened Coniah, Jer 22:24, Jer 22:28, and Jer 37:1) is called, as kings, in Kg2 24:8. and Ch2 36:9, Jehoiachin, another form of the name, but having the same signification, "Jahve founds or establishes." Zedekiah can only be a son of Jeconiah, for the בּנו which is added constantly denotes that the person so called is the son of his predecessor. Many commentators, certainly, were of opinion that Zedekiah was the same person as the brother of Jehoiakim mentioned in Ch1 3:15 under the name Zidkijahu, and who is here introduced as son of Jeconiah, because he was the successor of Jeconiah on the throne. For this view support was sought in a reference to Ch1 3:10., in which all Solomon's successors in the kingship are enumerated in order with בּנו. But all the kings who succeeded each other from Solomon to Josiah were also, without exception, sons of their predecessors; so that there בּנו throughout denotes a proper son, while King Zedekiah, on the contrary, was not the son, but an uncle of Jeconiah (Jehoiachin). We must therefore hold צדקיּה for a literal son of Jeconiah, and that so much the more, because the name צדקיּה differs also from צדקיּהוּ, as the name of the king is constantly written in Kg2 24:17. and in Ch2 36:10. But mention is made of this Zedekiah in Ch1 3:16 apart from the other sons of Jeconiah (Ch1 3:17 and Ch1 3:18), perhaps because he was not led away captive into exile with the others, but died in Judah before the breaking up of the kingdom.

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¹⁰ And Solomon's [08010] son [01121] was Rehoboam [07346], Abia [029] his son [01121], Asa [0609] his son [01121], Jehoshaphat [03092] his son [01121],
¹¹ Joram [03141] his son [01121], Ahaziah [0274] his son [01121], Joash [03101] his son [01121],
¹² Amaziah [0558] his son [01121], Azariah [05838] his son [01121], Jotham [03147] his son [01121],
¹³ Ahaz [0271] his son [01121], Hezekiah [02396] his son [01121], Manasseh [04519] his son [01121],
¹⁴ Amon [0526] his son [01121], Josiah [02977] his son [01121].
¹⁵ And the sons [01121] of Josiah [02977] were, the firstborn [01060] Johanan [03110], the second [08145] Jehoiakim [03079], the third [07992] Zedekiah [06667], the fourth [07243] Shallum [07967].
¹⁶ And the sons [01121] of Jehoiakim [03079]: Jeconiah [03204] his son [01121], Zedekiah [06667] his son [01121].

¹⁸ Malchiram [04443] also, and Pedaiah [06305], and Shenazar [08137], Jecamiah [03359], Hoshama [01953], and Nedabiah [05072].

¹⁷ And the sons [01121] of Jeconiah [03204]; Assir [0617], Salathiel [07597] his son [01121],

¹⁶ And the sons [01121] of Jehoiakim [03079]: Jeconiah [03204] his son [01121], Zedekiah [06667] his son [01121].

¹⁰ And when the year [08141] was expired [08666], king [04428] Nebuchadnezzar [05019] sent [07971], and brought [0935] him to Babylon [0894], with the goodly [02532] vessels [03627] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and made Zedekiah [06667] his brother [0251] king [04427] over Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389].

¹⁷ And the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] made Mattaniah [04983] his father's brother [01730] king [04427] in his stead, and changed [05437] his name [08034] to Zedekiah [06667].

¹⁰ And Solomon's [08010] son [01121] was Rehoboam [07346], Abia [029] his son [01121], Asa [0609] his son [01121], Jehoshaphat [03092] his son [01121],

¹⁵ And the sons [01121] of Josiah [02977] were, the firstborn [01060] Johanan [03110], the second [08145] Jehoiakim [03079], the third [07992] Zedekiah [06667], the fourth [07243] Shallum [07967].

⁹ Jehoiachin [03078] was eight [08083] years [08141] old [01121] when he began to reign [04427], and he reigned [04427] three [07969] months [02320] and ten [06235] days [03117] in Jerusalem [03389]: and he did [06213] that which was evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068].

⁸ Jehoiachin [03078] was eighteen [08083] [06240] years [08141] old [01121] when he began to reign [04427], and he reigned [04427] in Jerusalem [03389] three [07969] months [02320]. And his mother's [0517] name [08034] was Nehushta [05179], the daughter [01323] of Elnathan [0494] of Jerusalem [03389].

¹ And king [04428] Zedekiah [06667] the son [01121] of Josiah [02977] reigned [04427] instead of Coniah [03659] the son [01121] of Jehoiakim [03079], whom Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] made king [04427] in the land [0776] of Judah [03063].

²⁸ Is this man [0376] Coniah [03659] a despised [0959] broken [05310] idol [06089]? is he a vessel [03627] wherein is no pleasure [02656]? wherefore are they cast out [07993], he and his seed [02233], and are cast [02904] into a land [0776] which they know [03045] not?

²⁴ As I live [02416], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], though Coniah [03659] the son [01121] of Jehoiakim [03079] king [04428] of Judah [03063] were the signet [02368] upon my right [03225] hand [03027], yet would I pluck [05423] thee thence;

¹ The LORD [03068] shewed [07200] me, and, behold, two [08147] baskets [01736] of figs [08384] were set [03259] before [06440] the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], after [0310] that Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] had carried away captive [01540] Jeconiah [03204] the son [01121] of Jehoiakim [03079] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and the princes [08269] of Judah [03063], with the carpenters [02796] and smiths [04525], from Jerusalem [03389], and had brought [0935] them to Babylon [0894].

¹⁸ Malchiram [04443] also, and Pedaiah [06305], and Shenazar [08137], Jecamiah [03359], Hoshama [01953], and Nedabiah [05072].

¹⁷ And the sons [01121] of Jeconiah [03204]; Assir [0617], Salathiel [07597] his son [01121],

⁶ Ibhar [02984] also, and Elishama [0476], and Eliphelet [0467],

³⁶ Jehoiakim [03079] was twenty [06242] and five [02568] years [08141] old [01121] when he began to reign [04427]; and he reigned [04427] eleven [0259] [06240] years [08141] in Jerusalem [03389]. And his mother's [0517] name [08034] was Zebudah [02080], the daughter [01323] of Pedaiah [06305] of Rumah [07316].

¹⁸ Zedekiah [06667] was twenty [06242] and one [0259] years [08141] old [01121] when he began to reign [04427], and he reigned [04427] eleven [0259] [06240] years [08141] in Jerusalem [03389]. And his mother's [0517] name [08034] was Hamutal [02537], the daughter [01323] of Jeremiah [03414] of Libnah [03841].

³¹ Jehoahaz [03059] was twenty [06242] and three [07969] years [08141] old [01121] when he began to reign [04427]; and he reigned [04427] three [07969] months [02320] in Jerusalem [03389]. And his mother's [0517] name [08034] was Hamutal [02537], the daughter [01323] of Jeremiah [03414] of Libnah [03841].

¹⁷ And the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] made Mattaniah [04983] his father's brother [01730] king [04427] in his stead, and changed [05437] his name [08034] to Zedekiah [06667].

²⁴ Moreover the workers with familiar spirits [0178], and the wizards [03049], and the images [08655], and the idols [01544], and all the abominations [08251] that were spied [07200] in the land [0776] of Judah [03063] and in Jerusalem [03389], did Josiah [02977] put away [01197], that he might perform [06965] the words [01697] of the law [08451] which were written [03789] in the book [05612] that Hilkiah [02518] the priest [03548] found [04672] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].

¹¹ For thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] touching [0413] Shallum [07967] the son [01121] of Josiah [02977] king [04428] of Judah [03063], which reigned [04427] instead of Josiah [02977] his father [01], which went forth [03318] out of this place [04725]; He shall not return [07725] thither any more:

⁵ Jehoiakim [03079] was twenty [06242] and five [02568] years [08141] old [01121] when he began to reign [04427], and he reigned [04427] eleven [0259] [06240] years [08141] in Jerusalem [03389]: and he did [06213] that which was evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068] his God [0430].

² Jehoahaz [03099] was twenty [06242] and three [07969] years [08141] old [01121] when he began to reign [04427], and he reigned [04427] three [07969] months [02320] in Jerusalem [03389].

¹⁵ And the sons [01121] of Josiah [02977] were, the firstborn [01060] Johanan [03110], the second [08145] Jehoiakim [03079], the third [07992] Zedekiah [06667], the fourth [07243] Shallum [07967].