CHAPTER III _The children of David which were born to him in Hebron_, 1-4. _Those born to him in Jerusalem_, 5-9. _The regal line from Solomon_, 10-24. NOTES ON CHAP. III Verse 1 Chronicles 3:1. _THE SECOND, DANIEL_] In 2 Samuel 3:3, this person is called _Chileab_; he probably had two names.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 3:3. _BY EGLAH HIS WIDE._] The _Targum, Jarchi_, and others, maintain that this was _Michal_, the daughter of Saul; but this does not well agree with 2 Samuel 6:23: _Michal had no child to the day of her death_. Yet she might have had a child _before_ the time that is mentioned ab... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 3:5. _SHIMEA, AND SHOBAB_] Solomon is mentioned _last_, though he was the _eldest_ of these four sons, because the genealogy was to be continued from him. _Bath-shua_ בת שוע is the same as _Bath-sheba,_ בת שבע the ו _vau_ being put by mistake in the former for ב _beth_ in the latt... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 3:6. _ELISHAMA, AND ELIPHELET_] this and the eighth verse these two names occur twice; some think this is a mistake, but others suppose that two persons of these names died young, and that the next born received the name of the deceased. - See _Jarchi_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 3:8. _NINE._] There are _thirteen_ if we count the _four_ sons of Bath-sheba, and _nine_ without them; and in the second book of Samuel there are _eleven_, reckoning the above _four_, and without them only _seven_. In the book of _Samuel_ probably only those who were _alive_ were... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 3:9. _AND TAMAR THEIR SISTER._] This is the only _daughter_ of David whose name is on record; and yet he is said to have had both SONS and DAUGHTERS, 2 Samuel 5:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 3:16. _ZEDEKIAH HIS SON._] If this be the same who was the last king of Judah, before the captivity, the word _son_ must be taken here to signify _successor_; for it is certain that Zedekiah was the successor of Jeconiah, and that Zedekiah was the son of Josiah, and not of Jehoiak... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 3:17. _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 sha... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 3:18. _MALCHIRAM ALSO_] Calmet supposes we should read here, _And the sons of Salathiel were Malchiram and Pedaiah, c_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 3:19. _THE SONS OF PEDAIAH_] Houbigant thinks these words should be omitted. _Pedaiah_ is wanting in the _Arabic_ and _Syriac_. If this be omitted, Zerubbabel will appear to be the son of _Salathiel_, according to Matthew 1:12, and not the son of _Pedaiah_, as here stated.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 3:22. _THE SONS OF SHEMAIAH - SIX._] FIVE only are found in the text, and the _versions_ give us no assistance; neither do the MSS. correct the place. If the _father_ be not here included with his _sons_, some _name_ must be lost out of the text.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 3:24. _AND ANANI_] "This is the King Messiah who is to be revealed." - _T_. _Jarchi_ says the same, and refers to Daniel 7:13: _Behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds_ (ענני ananey) _of heaven_. For this application of the word he gives a fanciful reason, not worthy... [ Continue Reading ]