1 Chronicles 3

Tree of Life Version

David’s Descendants

3 Now these were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron:

the firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelite woman;

second, Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelite woman;

² third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;

fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;

³ fifth, Shephatiah by Abital; the sixth, Ithream by his wife Eglah.

⁴ Six were born to him in Hebron. There he reigned seven years and six months; then in Jerusalem he reigned 33 years.

⁵ These were born to him in Jerusalem:

Shimea, Shobab, Nathan and Solomon. These four were from Bath-shua^[a] the daughter of Ammiel;

⁶ and the other nine were Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet, ⁷ Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, ⁸ Elishama, Eliada and Eliphelet. ⁹ All these were sons of David, besides his sons by the concubines. Tamar was their sister.

¹⁰ Solomon’s son was Rehoboam.

Abijah was his son,

Asa his son,

Jehoshaphat his son,

¹¹ Joram his son,

Ahaziah his son,

Joash his son,

¹² Amaziah his son,

Azariah his son,

Jotham his son,

¹³ Ahaz his son,

Hezekiah his son,

Manasseh his son,

¹⁴ Amon his son,

and Josiah his son.

¹⁵ The sons of Josiah:

Johanan the firstborn,

Jehoiakim the second,

Zedekiah the third,

and Shallum the fourth.

¹⁶ The sons of Jehoiakim:

Jeconiah was his son,

Zedekiah his son.

¹⁷ The sons of Jeconiah, the captive:

Shealtiel his son, ¹⁸ Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama and Nedabiah.

¹⁹ The sons of Pedaiah:

Zerubbabel and Shimei.

The sons of Zerubbabel:

Meshullam and Hananiah; Shelomith was their sister, ²⁰ and five others:

Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah and Jushabhesed.

²¹ The sons of Hananiah:

Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, whose son was Rephaiah, whose son was Arnan, whose son was Obadiah, whose son was Shecaniah.

²² The descendants of Shecaniah:

Shemaiah and sons Hatush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat—six in all.

²³ The sons of Neariah: Elioenai, Hizkiah and Azrikam—three in all.

²⁴ The sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah and Anani—seven in all.