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Chronicles Chapter Three
1 Chronicles 3
Chapter Contents
Genealogies.
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.
── Matthew Henry《Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles》
1 Chronicles 3
Verse 3
[3] The
fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.
His wife —
Possibly so called because she was his first, and therefore most proper wife,
though her son was born after all the rest before mentioned, and therefore she
and her son are put in the sixth place, the wive being here named only for the
sons sake.
Verse 5
[5] And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan,
and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:
Four —
All David's children by her, as the text positively affirms: and therefore
Solomon is called her, only son, Proverbs 4:3, because she loved him as if he had
been so.
Ammiel —
Called also Eliam, 2 Samuel 11:3.
Verse 6
[6]
Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,
Eliphelet —
And he had two other sons called by the same names, verse 8, probably they were by different wives: and
probably they were then distinguished by some additional clause or title, which
is here omitted, because the two first were dead before the two second were
born, and therefore the names of the deceased were given to these to preserve
their memory.
Verse 8
[8] And
Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
Nine —
There are but seven mentioned, 2 Samuel 5:14. Two of them are omitted there,
because they died very early, and here we have all the sons of David, which
clause is not added 2 Samuel 5:13-16.
Verse 15
[15] And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim,
the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
Shallum —
Which most conceive to be the same who is called Jehoahaz, 2 Kings 23:30.
Verse 16
[16] And
the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
Zedekiak —
This was another Zedekiah. How seldom has a crown gone in a direct line, from
father to son, as it did here, for seventeen generations! This was the
recompense of David's piety. About the captivity the lineal descent was
interrupted, and the crown went from a nephew to an uncle, a presage of the
glory's departing from that house.
Verse 17
[17] And
the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,
Assir —
Or, of Jechoniah the captive, which is added to shew that he begat his son when
he was captive in Babylon.
Verse 18
[18]
Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
Pedaiah —
The sentence seems to be short and imperfect, as is frequent in the Hebrew
language, and something is here understood, as, the sons also of Salathiel were
Malchiram and Pedaiah, etc. as they gather from hence that the same Zerubbabel
is called the son of Pedaiah, verse 19, and the son (that is, the grandson) of
Salathiel, Matthew 1:12.
Verse 19
[19] And
the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel;
Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:
Their sister —
Sister to the two last named sons of Zerubbabel, namely, by both parents; and
therefore named before the other five, verse 20, who were her brethren by the father, but not
by the mother.
Verse 21
[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.
Shechaniah —
All these both parents and their sons blended together, are mentioned as the
sons of Hananiah, and branches of the royal stock.
Verse 22
[22] And
the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal,
and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
Six —
Including the father. But the Hebrew word, Shisha, which is rendered six, may
be the proper name of one of the sons of Shemaiah.
── John Wesley《Explanatory Notes on 1 Chronicles》
03 Chapter 3
Verses 1-24
Verses 1-9
Now these are the sons of David.
A family record
As we read their names they convey no meaning to us, but as
defined etymologically we may get a new aspect of part at least of the king’s
household. Ibhar signifies “God chooseth”; Elishama, “God heareth”; Eliphelet,
“God is deliverance”; Eliada, “God knoweth.” Keeping in mind the
well-established feet that in Oriental countries it was customary to mark
family history by the names of the children, we can but be struck with the deep
religiousness of the family record now before us. In every child David sees
some new manifestation of God. Every son was an historical landmark, Every life
was a new phase of providence. Blessed is the man who need not look beyond his
own house for signs and proofs of the manifold and never-ceasing goodness of
God. (J. Parker, D. D.)
Significance of Hebrew names
A name is to us a matter of convenience; to the Hebrews it was a
solemn and sacred thing. Our names are short and simple, and generally
meaningless. Bible names are thought-fossils, rich in memories of the past. We
often designate our streets by the letters of the alphabet, we distinguish our
houses by Arabic numerals, and in large bodies of men we distinguish one from
another by placing numbers on their caps or badges. The number on the house has
nothing to do with the size or location of the dwelling; the number on the cap
or badge tells nothing of the brain or heart beneath. But the old Hebrews would
have thought it sacrilegious to give names in such careless fashion. Their
names of places were often given altar solemn thought and prayer. Historical
records were few. The name must contain the history of the past and embody the
sublimest hopes of the future. The name Bethel, or “House of God,” recalled to
every Jew the night when Jacob slept on his stony pillow, and the word Meribah,
or “bitterness,” commemorated in the mind of every Jewish boy the murmuring and
rebellion in the wilderness. (W. P. Faunce.)
──《The Biblical Illustrator》