1 Chronicles 3:17-19

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 3:17

And the sons of Jeconiah ,.... For though he was pronounced childless, Jeremiah 22:30 , that respects not his having no children in any sense, but none to succeed him in the kingdom: Assir ; which signifies bound, or a prisoner, because, as Kimchi thinks, he was born in a prison, his father then being a captive in Babylon; but rather it refers to Jeconiah himself, and is an appellation of him, and to be rendered: the sons of Jeconiah the captive : which agrees best with the Hebrew... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 3:18

Malchiram also ,.... That is, was a son of Jeconiah as well as Salathiel, and so the rest that follow: and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah ; Kimchi says these were the sons of Salathiel; but I rather think they were the sons of Jeconiah, and brethren of Salathiel, because of what follows. 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 3:17

The sons of Jeconiah - Jeremiah has said ( Jeremiah 22:30 ;) that Jeconiah, or, as he calls him, Coniah, should be childless; but this must refer to his posterity being deprived of the throne, and indeed thus the prophet interprets it himself: For no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah. Assir - Salathiel was not the son of Assir, but of Jeconiah, Matthew 1:12 . Who then was Assir? Possibly nobody; for as the Hebrew אסר ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 3:18

Malchiram also - Calmet supposes we should read here, And the sons of Salathiel were Malchiram and Pedaiah, etc. 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 3:18

Of the name Malchiram and five following, it must be left still doubtful whose sons they were—whether of Jeconiah (comp. again 2 Kings 24:12 , 2 Kings 24:15 ; Jeremiah 22:30 ) or of Neri as possibly brothers of Salathiel, or of neither of these. The first of these suppositions seems almost untenable, the second seems unlikely enough, and the exceeding prevalence of a corrupt text would strongly favour the third supposition. At the same time, it may be observed that 1 Chronicles 3:19 ... 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

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