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<div2 id="iCh.iv" n="iv" next="iCh.v" prev="iCh.iii" progress="73.66%" title="Chapter III">
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<h2 id="iCh.iv-p0.1">F I R S T C H R O N I C L E
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S</h2>
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<h3 id="iCh.iv-p0.2">CHAP. III.</h3>
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<p class="intro" id="iCh.iv-p1">Of all the families of Israel none was so
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illustrious as the family of David. That is the family which was
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mentioned in the foregoing chapter, <scripRef id="iCh.iv-p1.1" osisRef="Bible:1Chr.2.15" parsed="|1Chr|2|15|0|0" passage="1Ch 2:15">ver. 15</scripRef>. Here we have a full account of it.
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I. David's sons, <scripRef id="iCh.iv-p1.2" osisRef="Bible:1Chr.3.1-1Chr.3.9" parsed="|1Chr|3|1|3|9" passage="1Ch 3:1-9">ver. 1-9</scripRef>.
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II. His successors in the throne as long as the kingdom continued,
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<scripRef id="iCh.iv-p1.3" osisRef="Bible:1Chr.3.10-1Chr.3.16" parsed="|1Chr|3|10|3|16" passage="1Ch 3:10-16">ver. 10-16</scripRef>. III. The
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remains of his family in and after the captivity, <scripRef id="iCh.iv-p1.4" osisRef="Bible:1Chr.3.17-1Chr.3.24" parsed="|1Chr|3|17|3|24" passage="1Ch 3:17-24">ver. 17-24</scripRef>. From this family, "as
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concerning the flesh, Christ came."</p>
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<scripCom id="iCh.iv-p0.1_1" osisRef="Bible:1Chr.3" parsed="|1Chr|3|0|0|0" passage="1Ch 3" type="Commentary"/>
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<scripCom id="iCh.iv-p0.2_1" osisRef="Bible:1Chr.3.1-1Chr.3.9" parsed="|1Chr|3|1|3|9" passage="1Ch 3:1-9" type="Commentary"/><div class="Commentary" id="Bible:1Chr.3.1-1Chr.3.9">
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<h4 id="iCh.iv-p1.7">The Family of David. (<span class="smallcaps" id="iCh.iv-p1.8">b. c.</span> 1055.)</h4>
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<p class="passage" id="iCh.iv-p2">1 Now these were the sons of David, which were
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born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the
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Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess:
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2 The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king
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of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith: 3 The
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fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.
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4 <i>These</i> six were born unto him in Hebron; and there
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he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned
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thirty and three years. 5 And these were born unto him in
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Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of
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Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel: 6 Ibhar also, and
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Elishama, and Eliphelet, 7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and
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Japhia, 8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
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9 <i>These were</i> all the sons of David, beside the sons
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of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.</p>
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<p class="indent" id="iCh.iv-p3">We had an account of David's sons,
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<scripRef id="iCh.iv-p3.1" osisRef="Bible:2Sam.3.2-2Sam.3.5 Bible:2Sam.5.14-2Sam.5.16" parsed="|2Sam|3|2|3|5;|2Sam|5|14|5|16" passage="2Sa 3:2-5,5:14-16">2 Sam. iii. 2, &c., and
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v. 14</scripRef>, &c. 1. He had many sons; and no doubt wrote
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as he thought, <scripRef id="iCh.iv-p3.2" osisRef="Bible:Ps.127.5" parsed="|Ps|127|5|0|0" passage="Ps 127:5">Ps. cxxvii.
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5</scripRef>. <i>Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of</i>
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these arrows. 2. Some of them were a grief to him, as Amnon,
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Absalom, and Adonijah; and we do not read of any of them that
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imitated his piety or devotion except Solomon, and he came far
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short of it. 3. One of them, which Bath-sheba bore to him, he
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called Nathan, probably in honour of Nathan the prophet, who
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reproved him for his sin in that matter and was instrumental to
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bring him to repentance. It seems he loved him the better for it as
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long as he lived. It is wisdom to esteem those our best friends
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that deal faithfully with us. From this son of David our Lord Jesus
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descended, as appears <scripRef id="iCh.iv-p3.3" osisRef="Bible:Luke.3.31" parsed="|Luke|3|31|0|0" passage="Lu 3:31">Luke iii.
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31</scripRef>. 4. Here are two Elishamas, and two Eliphelets,
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<scripRef id="iCh.iv-p3.4" osisRef="Bible:1Chr.3.6 Bible:1Chr.3.8" parsed="|1Chr|3|6|0|0;|1Chr|3|8|0|0" passage="1Ch 3:6,8"><i>v.</i> 6, 8</scripRef>. Probably
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the two former were dead, and therefore David called two more by
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their names, which he would not have done if there had been any ill
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omen in this practice as some fancy. 5. David had many concubines;
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but their children are not named, as not worthy of the honour
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(<scripRef id="iCh.iv-p3.5" osisRef="Bible:1Chr.3.9" parsed="|1Chr|3|9|0|0" passage="1Ch 3:9"><i>v.</i> 9</scripRef>), the rather
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because the concubines had dealt treacherously with David in the
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affair of Absalom. 6. Of all David's sons Solomon was chosen to
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succeed him, perhaps not for any personal merits (his wisdom was
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God's gift), but so, <i>Father, because it seemed good unto
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thee.</i></p>
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</div><scripCom id="iCh.iv-p0.3" osisRef="Bible:1Chr.3.10-1Chr.3.24" parsed="|1Chr|3|10|3|24" passage="1Ch 3:10-24" type="Commentary"/><div class="Commentary" id="Bible:1Chr.3.10-1Chr.3.24">
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<p class="passage" id="iCh.iv-p4">10 And Solomon's son <i>was</i> Rehoboam, Abia
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his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, 11 Joram his son,
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Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, 12 Amaziah his son, Azariah
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his son, Jotham his son, 13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son,
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Manasseh his son, 14 Amon his son, Josiah his son. 15
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And the sons of Josiah <i>were,</i> the firstborn Johanan, the
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second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. 16
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And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
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17 And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,
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18 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah,
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Hoshama, and Nedabiah. 19 And the sons of Pedaiah
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<i>were,</i> Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel;
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Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister: 20 And
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Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed,
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five. 21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah:
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the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the
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sons of Shechaniah. 22 And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah:
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and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and
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Neariah, and Shaphat, six. 23 And the sons of Neariah;
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Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three. 24 And the sons
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of Elioenai <i>were,</i> Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and
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Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.</p>
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<p class="indent" id="iCh.iv-p5">David having nineteen sons, we may suppose
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them to have raised many noble families in Israel whom we never
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hear of in the history. But the scripture gives us an account only
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of the descendants of Solomon here, and of Nathan, <scripRef id="iCh.iv-p5.1" osisRef="Bible:Luke.3.31" parsed="|Luke|3|31|0|0" passage="Lu 3:31">Luke iii.</scripRef> The rest had the honour to
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be the sons of David; but these only had the honour to be related
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to the Messiah. The sons of Nathan were his fathers as man, the
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sons of Solomon his predecessors as king. We have here, 1. The
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great and celebrated names by which the line of David is drawn down
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to the captivity, the kings of Judah in a lineal succession, the
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history of whom we have had at large in the two books of Kings and
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shall meet with again in the second book of Chronicles. Seldom has
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a crown gone in a direct line from father to son for seventeen
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descents together, as here. This was the recompence of David's
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piety. About the time of the captivity the lineal descent was
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interrupted, and the crown went from one brother to another and
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from a nephew to an uncle, which was a presage of the eclipsing of
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the glory of that house. 2. The less famous, and most of them very
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obscure, names, in which the house of David subsisted after the
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captivity. The only famous man of that house that we meet with at
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their return from captivity was Zerubbabel, elsewhere called <i>the
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son of Salathiel,</i> but appearing here to be his grandson
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(<scripRef id="iCh.iv-p5.2" osisRef="Bible:1Chr.3.17-1Chr.3.19" parsed="|1Chr|3|17|3|19" passage="1Ch 3:17-19"><i>v.</i> 17-19</scripRef>), which
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is usual in scripture. Belshazzar is called <i>Nebuchadnezzar's
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son,</i> but was his grandson. Salathiel is said to be <i>the
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son</i> of Jeconiah because adopted by him, and because, as some
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think, he succeeded him in the dignity to which he was restored by
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Evil-merodach. Otherwise Jeconiah was written childless: he was
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<i>the signet God plucked from his right hand</i> (<scripRef id="iCh.iv-p5.3" osisRef="Bible:Jer.22.24" parsed="|Jer|22|24|0|0" passage="Jer 22:24">Jer. xxii. 24</scripRef>), and in his room
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Zerubbabel was placed, and therefore God saith to him (<scripRef id="iCh.iv-p5.4" osisRef="Bible:Hag.2.23" parsed="|Hag|2|23|0|0" passage="Hag 2:23">Hag. ii. 23</scripRef>), <i>I will make thee as
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a signet.</i> The posterity of Zerubbabel here bear not the same
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names that they do in the genealogies (<scripRef id="iCh.iv-p5.5" osisRef="Bible:Matt.1.1-Matt.1.17 Bible:Luke.3.23-Luke.3.38" parsed="|Matt|1|1|1|17;|Luke|3|23|3|38" passage="Mt 1:1-17,Lu 3:23-38">Matt. i., or Luke iii.</scripRef>), but
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those no doubt were taken from the then herald's office, the public
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registers which the priests kept of all the families of Judah,
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especially that of David. The last person named in this chapter is
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Anani, of whom bishop Patrick says that the Targum adds these
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words, <i>He is the king Messiah, who is to be revealed,</i> and
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some of the Jewish writers give this reason, because it is said
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(<scripRef id="iCh.iv-p5.6" osisRef="Bible:Dan.7.13" parsed="|Dan|7|13|0|0" passage="Da 7:13">Dan. vii. 13</scripRef>), the son of
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man came <i>gnim gnanani—with the clouds of heaven.</i> The reason
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indeed is very foreign and far-fetched; but that learned man thinks
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it may be made use of as an evidence that their minds were always
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full of the thoughts of the Messiah and that they expected it would
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not be very long after the days of Zerubbabel before the set time
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of his approach would come.</p>
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