Annotations Upon the Historical Books Part 2, 1 Chronicles · Chapter 3
CHAP. III.
Verſ. 1. NOw theſe are the ſonnes of David, which were born unto him in Hebron, &c.] What is to be noted in theſe firſt foure verſes, ſee 2. Samuel 3.2, 3, 5.
Verſ. 5. Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, foure of Bath-ſhua the daughter of Ammuel.] Solomon is here named laſt, becauſe his poſterity is immediately to be expreſſed, verſ, 10. but he was the eldeſt of theſe foure ſonnes which David had by Bath-ſhua, or Bath-ſheba, as is evident, 2. Sam. 12.24. and therefore Bath-ſhebaes onelyonly darling, Prov. 4.3. For I was my fathers ſonne, tender, and onelyonly beloved in the ſight of my mother.
Verſ. 6. Ibhar alſo, and Eliſhama, &c.] There are but ſeven of theſe mentioned, 2. Sam. 5.15. For Noga is not there mentioned, and but one Eliphalet; whereas it is manifeſt by this place, that he had two ſonnes (perhaps by two ſeverall wives) that were called Eliphelet, as he had two alſo that were called Eliſhama; for he that is called Eliſhua, 2. Sam. 5.15. is here called Eliſhama.
Verſ. 15. And the ſonnes of Joſiah were, the firſt-born Johanan, &c.] Either Johanan was indeed the firſt-born of Joſiahs ſonnes, but dyed before his father, and ſo never came to the kingdome, and then it is Jehoahaz that was firſt king that is here called Shallum, and reckoned in the fourth place; or elſe Jehoahaz is here called Johanan, and is called the firſt-born, either becauſe he was indeed the eldeſt of Joſiahs ſonnes, (of which ſee the notes on 2. Kings 23.36) or elſe becauſe he was the eldeſt by his wife Hamutal, (who was happely his firſt and principall wife) or at leaſt becauſe he firſt ſucceeded in the throne as the firſt-born, 2. Kings 23.30.31.
Verſ. 16. And the ſonnes of Jehoiakim; Jeconiah his ſonne, Zedekiah his ſonne.] It is manifeſt that Zedekiah who was made king of Judah by the king of Babylon, when Jehoiachin or Jeconiah was carried captive to Babylon, and was the loſt king of Judah, was the ſonne of Joſiah, 2. Kings 24.17. the brother of Jehoiakim, and uncle of Jehojachin or Jeconiah who was king immediately before him; either therefore Zedekiah the laſt king of Judah, is here called the ſonne of Jeconiah or Jehojachin, onelyonly becauſe he ſucceeded him (as his heir) in the throne of Judah; or elſe this Zedekiah here mentioned, is not Zedekiah the ſonne of Joſiah king of Judah, but another of that name, the ſonne of Jehoiakim, and brother of Jehojachin, or Jeconiah, who is no where elſe mentioned in the Scriptures.
Verſ. 17. And the ſonnes of Jeconiah; Aſſir, Salathiel his ſonne, &c.] Though it was prophecyed concerning Jeconiah, that he ſhould be as a man that was childleſſe, in regard of having the royall dignity continued in his poſterity; becauſe none of his ſeed ſhould ſit in the throne of David, Jer. 22.30. Thus ſaith the Lord, Write ye this man childleſſe, a man that ſhall not proſper in his dayes: for no man of his ſeed ſhall proſper, ſitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah: yet it is evident by this place, that he had ſeverall ſonnes after he was carried into Babylon; to wit, Aſſir, and Salathiel, and Malchiram, &c. eight in number; unleſſe we ſhould conceive, that Salathiel and thoſe that follow were the grandchildren of Jeconiah, by his ſonne Aſſir, as the words ſeeme to imply, Aſſir, Salathiel his ſonne; or that Salathiel was called Aſſir Salathiel, which may ſeeme the more probable, becauſe, Aſſir ſignifieth one in bonds; and ſo Salathiel might be called in reference to Jeconiahs being carried bound into Babylon, (as we ſee the like in Gerſhom, Exod. 2.22.) as alſo becauſe Salathiel is named as the ſonne of Jeconiah, Matth. 1.12. And after they were brought to Babylon, Jeconias begat Salathiel. Indeed ſome conceive that Salathiel came of the ſtock of Nathan, and is here onelyonly mentioned as a ſonne of Jeconiah, becauſe he ſucceeded in ſome kind of government after Jeconiah, and that he was of the ſtock of Nathan: But me thinks it is farre more probable that this Salathiel here mentioned, and ſo again, Matth. 1.12. was indeed the true ſonne of Jeconiah, and that both Salathiel and Zerubbabel mentioned by Luke, chapter 3.27. are diverſe from theſe mentioned here, and in Matthew.
Verſ. 19. And the ſonnes of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel and Shimei.] Pedaiah is mentioned in the former verſe, as a ſonne of Jeconiah, and made here the father of Zerubbabel; evident indeed it is, that Salathiel had alſo a ſonne called Zerubbabel, Matth. 1.12. and Salathiel begat Zorobabel. Hag. 1.1. In the ſecond yeare of Darius — came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, unto Zerubbabel the ſonne of Shealtiel. But this Zerubbabel was it ſeemes the ſonne of Pedaiah, who was the brother or uncle of Salathiel.
And the ſonnes of Zerubbabel; Meſhullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their ſiſter.] Probable it is that theſe two ſonnes of Zerubbabel are here mentioned; firſt by themſelves, with their ſiſter Shelomith, becauſe theſe he had by one wife, and the other five mentioned in the following verſe, by another.
Verſ. 21. And the ſonnes of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jeſaiah: the ſonnes of Rephaiah, the ſonnes of Arnan, &c,] That is, all theſe families were of the ſtock of Hananiel.
Verſ. 22. And the ſonnes of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the ſonnes of Shemaiah; Hattuſh, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, ſix.] That is, the ſonnes of Shechaniah were ſix, to wit, reckoning his ſonne Shemaiah, and his five grand-children, the ſonnes of Shemaiah.