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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》