1 Chronicles 3
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The tradition of firstborn rights in inheritance and genealogy is often the norm in the ancient world, but God sees fit to rearrange customs and alter expectations. In such an important listing of Israel like the book of Chronicles—which marks out in detail the Israelite people all the way to Adam—Jacob’s firstborn Reuben is not mentioned until the third spot! The genealogy starts in chapter 4 with Judah and then moves to Simeon, Reuben, Gad, Manasseh, and Levi.
The prominence of David from Judah’s line goes back to the Genesis stories that told of how Reuben, Simeon, and Levi all committed horrible sins that removed them from royal contention and headship over their brothers, who would later become twelve tribal groups. In a way, everything in Chronicles (from ancestry lists to temple building) is set around King David from Judah and his lineage up to the Babylonian exile, which concludes the book of Chronicles.
3 The great king David fathered 6 sons during his 7½ years reigning in Hebron. Ahinoam the Jezreelitess gave birth to his first son, Amnon. Abigail the Carmelitess birthed his second son, Daniel. 2 Maacah, the daughter of Talmai (king of Geshur) bore his third son, Absalom. His fourth son, Adonijah, was born to Haggith. 3 Abital bore his fifth son, Shephatiah. Ithream was his sixth son, and was born to his wife, Eglah.
4 These were the 6 sons born to him in Hebron during his 7½-year reign there. David then ruled from Jerusalem for 33 years. 5 There, Bath-shua (the daughter of Ammiel) gave him 4 sons: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon; 6-8 and 9 other sons also were born there: Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet, Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet. 9 These were David’s sons, in addition to their sister, Tamar, and his concubines’ children.
10 David’s son and successor, Solomon, had 15 generations of descendants: Rehoboam, Abijah, Asa, Jehoshaphat, 11 Joram, Ahaziah, Joash, 12 Amaziah, Azariah, Jotham, 13 Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh, 14 Amon, and Josiah.
15 Josiah’s sons were, in order from the firstborn to the last: Johanan, Jehoiakim, Zedekiah, and Shallum. 16 The sons of Jehoiakim were Jeconiah and Zedekiah. 17 The sons of Jeconiah (who was taken prisoner by Nebuchadnezzar) were Shealtiel, 18 Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. 19 The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei. Zerubbabel fathered Meshullam and Hananiah, and their sister, Shelomith. 20 He had five other children, Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-hesed. 21 Hananiah fathered Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, and the sons of Shecaniah. 22 Shecaniah had six descendants: his son Shemaiah, and his grandsons Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat. 23 Neariah fathered three sons: Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam. 24 Elioenai fathered seven sons: Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani.
歷代志上 3
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大衛之諸子
3 大衛在希伯崙所生的兒子記在下面：長子暗嫩，是耶斯列人亞希暖生的；次子但以利，是迦密人亞比該生的； 2 三子押沙龍，是基述王達買的女兒瑪迦生的；四子亞多尼雅，是哈及生的； 3 五子示法提雅，是亞比她生的；六子以特念，是大衛的妻以格拉生的。 4 這六人都是大衛在希伯崙生的。大衛在希伯崙做王七年零六個月，在耶路撒冷做王三十三年。 5 大衛在耶路撒冷所生的兒子是：示米亞、朔罷、拿單、所羅門，這四人是亞米利的女兒拔書亞生的； 6 還有益轄、以利沙瑪、以利法列、 7 挪迦、尼斐、雅非亞、 8 以利沙瑪、以利雅大、以利法列，共九人。 9 這都是大衛的兒子，還有他們的妹子她瑪；妃嬪的兒子不在其內。
所羅門之後裔
10 所羅門的兒子是羅波安，羅波安的兒子是亞比雅，亞比雅的兒子是亞撒，亞撒的兒子是約沙法， 11 約沙法的兒子是約蘭，約蘭的兒子是亞哈謝，亞哈謝的兒子是約阿施， 12 約阿施的兒子是亞瑪謝，亞瑪謝的兒子是亞撒利雅，亞撒利雅的兒子是約坦， 13 約坦的兒子是亞哈斯，亞哈斯的兒子是希西家，希西家的兒子是瑪拿西， 14 瑪拿西的兒子是亞們，亞們的兒子是約西亞。 15 約西亞的長子是約哈難，次子是約雅敬，三子是西底家，四子是沙龍。 16 約雅敬的兒子是耶哥尼雅和西底家。 17 耶哥尼雅被擄，他的兒子是撒拉鐵、 18 瑪基蘭、毗大雅、示拿薩、耶加米、何沙瑪、尼大比雅。 19 毗大雅的兒子是所羅巴伯、示每。所羅巴伯的兒子是米書蘭、哈拿尼雅，他們的妹子名叫示羅密。 20 米書蘭的兒子是哈舒巴、阿黑、比利家、哈撒底、于沙希悉，共五人。 21 哈拿尼雅的兒子是毗拉提、耶篩亞，還有利法雅的眾子、亞珥難的眾子、俄巴底亞的眾子、示迦尼的眾子。 22 示迦尼的兒子是示瑪雅，示瑪雅的兒子是哈突、以甲、巴利亞、尼利雅、沙法，共六人。 23 尼利雅的兒子是以利約乃、希西家、亞斯利干，共三人。 24 以利約乃的兒子是何大雅、以利亞實、毗萊雅、阿谷、約哈難、第萊雅、阿拿尼，共七人。
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