1 Chronicles 3:16

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 3:16

And the sons of Jehoiakim; Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. This is not the Zedekiah mentioned in the preceding verse; for he was not the son but the uncle of Jeconiah, unless he should be called his son because he succeeded him in the kingdom; but he seems to be another of that name, nowhere else mentioned, and not the son of Jeconiah in any sense; he is not reckoned among them in the following verses, but of Jehoiakim. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 3:16

Zedekiah his son - If this be the same who was the last king of Judah, before the captivity, the word son must be taken here to signify successor; for it is certain that Zedekiah was the successor of Jeconiah, and that Zedekiah was the son of Josiah, and not of Jehoiakim. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 3:10-16

The line of royal descent from David, is now rapidly carried down in these verses—first , as far as good King Josiah, sixteen generations in all (omitting, quite consistently, Athalia, who reigned by her own usurpation for six years on the death of her son Azariah); and then, by four successions (viz. two brothers, sons of Josiah, and a grandson and great-grandson of Josiah), to the Captivity. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 3:16

Of the above four brothers, sons of Josiah, the second, Jehoiakim, or Eliakim, had a son called Jeconiah , or Jehoiachin—essentially the same word. He was eighteen years of age when he succeeded his father ( 2 Kings 24:8 ). A touching glimpse is given of him in Jeremiah 52:31 . His name is shortened to Coniah in Jeremiah 22:24 and Jeremiah 37:1 , though elsewhere in the same prophet, Jeconiah, and in one place ( Jeremiah 52:31 ), Jehoiachin. The name of Zedekiah occasions... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 3:16

1 Chronicles 3:16. Zedekiah his son 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. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 3:1-24

Descendants of Judah and Simeon (2:1-4:43)Having listed the children of Jacob (Israel) starting with the eldest son Reuben, the writer immediately turns his attention to the tribe of Judah, the tribe that produced the dynasty of David (2:1-17). He traces the line of David first, then goes back to deal with a number of other important people in Judah and lists their descendants (18-55). On completing this, he returns to list the family of David (3:1-9), the descendants of David who reigned after... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 3:16

Jeconiah. Called also Jehoiachin (2 Kings 24:6 ), and Coniah (Jeremiah 22:24 , Jeremiah 22:28 ). Compare 2 Chronicles 36:9 . 2 Kings 24:8 . read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 3:1-24

Genealogies (continued)The genealogies here include the sons of David, his successors on the throne of Judah, and the descendants of Jeconiah (Jehoiachin).1. The sons of David] Some of the names that follow are given differently in the corresponding sections in 2 Samuel 3:2-5; 2 Samuel 5:13-16: cp. also 2 Samuel 14:3-7. 5. Nathan] According to St. Luke’s genealogy he was ancestor of our Lord, 2 Samuel 3:31.Bath-shua] i.e. Bathsheba. 15. Johanan] This son of Josiah was never king and presumably... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 3:16

(16) Jeconiah (Iah establish !)= Jehoiachin (Iahweh establisheth) = Coniah (Jeremiah 22:24; Jeremiah 22:28—an abbreviation of Jeconiah), was carried captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar (2 Kings 24:15), and Zedekiah his father’s brother, became king in his stead. Hence the supposition that “Zedekiah his son” means “Zedekiah his successor” on the throne. (Comp. margin.) But (1) the phrase “his son” has its natural sense throughout the preceding list; and (2) there really is nothing against the... read more

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