The Sons of David
3 Now these were the sons of David who were born for him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam from Jezre’el, the second, Daniel, whose mother was Abigail from Carmel,
2 the third, Absalom, whose mother was Ma’akah, the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur, the fourth, Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith,
3 the fifth, Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital, the sixth, Ithream, whose mother was David’s wife Eglah.
4 So there were six sons born to David in Hebron, and he ruled as king there for seven years and six months.
David ruled as king for thirty-three years in Jerusalem. 5 These sons were born to him in Jerusalem:
four sons of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:[a] Shimea,[b] Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon;
6 nine other sons: Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet, 7 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, 8 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
9 All these were the sons of David. In addition, there were the sons of the concubines, and Tamar was their sister.
The Kings of Judah
10 Solomon’s son was Rehoboam,
Abijah was his son,
Asa was his son,
Jehoshaphat was his son,
11 Joram was his son,
Ahaziah was his son,
Joash was his son,
12 Amaziah was his son,
Azariah was his son,
Jotham was his son,
13 Ahaz was his son,
Hezekiah was his son,
Manasseh was his son,
14 Amon was his son,
and Josiah was his son.
15 The sons of Josiah were his firstborn Johanan, his second Jehoiakim, his third Zedekiah, and his fourth Shallum.[c] 16 The sons of Jehoiakim were his son Jeconiah[d] and his son Zedekiah.[e]
The Royal Line Preserved Through the Captivity
17 The sons of Jeconiah the captive were Shealtiel his son, 18 also Malkiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
19 The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel[f] and Shimei.
The sons of Zerubbabel were Meshullam and Hananiah. Shelomith was their sister. 20 Also five others: Hashubah, Ohel, Berekiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab Hesed.
21 The sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah and Jeshaiah as well as the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, and the sons of Shekaniah.
22 The sons of Shekaniah were Shemaiah, Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat, six in all.[g]
23 The sons of Neariah were Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three in all.
24 The sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani, seven in all.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 3:5 Elsewhere called Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam. There are variant spellings for many of the names in this list. Not all of them are marked by notes.
- 1 Chronicles 3:5 Also called Shammua
- 1 Chronicles 3:15 Also called Jehoahaz
- 1 Chronicles 3:16 Also called Jehoiachin
- 1 Chronicles 3:16 Zedekiah was a son of Josiah and the uncle of Jeconiah. He was a son of Jeconiah in the sense that he was his successor.
- 1 Chronicles 3:19 Since Zerubbabel is elsewhere called the son of Shealtiel, there may have been a levirate marriage or adoption involved.
- 1 Chronicles 3:22 The translation omits an accidental repetition of the words sons and Shemaiah from the text.