Verse 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 assir signifies a prisoner, it may be considered as an epithet of Jeconiah, who we know was a very long time prisoner in Babylon. See 2 Kings 24:15 ; and Calmet.
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