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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 3:10-24

David having nineteen sons, we may suppose them to have raised many noble families in Israel whom we never hear of in the history. But the scripture gives us an account only of the descendants of Solomon here, and of Nathan, Luke 3:31 The rest had the honour to be the sons of David; but these only had the honour to be related to the Messiah. The sons of Nathan were his fathers as man, the sons of Solomon his predecessors as king. We have here, 1. The great and celebrated names by which the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 3:19-24

And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel and Shimei ,.... Here arises a difficulty, since elsewhere Zerubbabel is said to be the son of Shealtiel, Haggai 1:1 some think this is not the same Zerubbabel here as there; so Grotius F21 In Luc. 3. ; but I see no reason for that; but this difficulty may be removed by observing, that if Pedaiah was a son of Salathiel, as Kimchi thinks, then Zerubbabel, being his grandson, may be called his son, as grandsons are sometimes called sons in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 3:19

The sons of Pedaiah - Houbigant thinks these words should be omitted. Pedaiah is wanting in the Arabic and Syriac. If this be omitted, Zerubbabel will appear to be the son of Salathiel, according to Matthew 1:12 , and not the son of Pedaiah, as here stated. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 3:17-24

These verses contain a line of descent brought down to a point not merely posterior to the Exile, but possibly reaching to the time of Alexander. This line, however, through Solomon is lost so soon as the first name, that of Assir, is passed; Salathiel (Authorized Version)or Shealtiel, being descended from David, not through Solomon, but through Nathan, whole brother to Solomon. This Assir is not known from any parallel passage; and Luther, Starke, Bertheau, and others, followed by Zoekler (in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 3:19

Pedaiah is now given as the father of Zeraubabel and Shimei . Of the latter of these nothing else is known, unless Lord Hervey's theory below be correct. The former is a great name—its derivation perhaps doubtful. Strictly it signifies "scattered to Babylon," but (Gesenius, 'Lexicon') if the initial part of the word be strengthened into זְרוַּע , the signification might be "born in Babylon." We have in this name another instance of the treatment just commented on with regard to the name... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 3:19

Meshullam . Though this name recurs, and very frequently, in Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah, yet the person here denoted by it—son of Zerubbabel—is found here only. Hananiah , 1.q. Joanna of Luke 3:27 , the names being the same, but with the component parts transposed, as in instances already given above. In the Gospel, Hananiah appears as grandson of Zorobabel, Rhesa intervening. Shelomith . This person is mentioned here only. The word, though evidently a feminine form, is found for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 3:20

The five additional names of this verse must presumably stand apart from the two sons and one daughter of the preceding verse, for some reason. What that reason may be is not known. Perhaps the most natural supposition is that their mother was not the same. The meaning of some of the names, as especially of the last, Jushab-hesed , i.e. "Loving-kindness is returned," has led Bertheau and others to the conjecture that they may be separated as children born to Zerubbabel, one of the leaders... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 3:21

The Hebrew text, followed by the Vulgate, not followed by the Septuagint, reads here וּבֶן־אהֲנַנְיָח . Yet some manuscripts have the plural "sons," from which comes our Authorized Version. The indication is important. It is doubly interesting, as the only indication in our Hebrew text that tends to give confirmation to the very noteworthy differences of the Septuagint Version. For although this last, apparently somewhat perversely, begins its version with "sons," which plural does not so... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 3:19

Zerubbabel, elsewhere always called “the son of Salathiel,” was only Salathiel’s heir and legal son, being naturally his nephew, the son of his brother, Pedaiah. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 3:18-19

1 Chronicles 3:18-19. Malchiram also, and Pedaiah These were the sons of Salathiel: and there is therefore something to be supplied, to make the sense of this verse plain; namely, The sons of Salathiel were Malchiram, &c. The sons of Pedaiah, Zerubbabel, &c. But, Luke 3:27, Zerubbabel is called the son of Salathiel; and therefore he must have been the son of Pedaiah only by adoption; or else Salathiel dying without children, Pedaiah begat Zerubbabel of his wife, and so raised up... read more

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