¹These were David’s sons who were born to him while he was in Hebron: His first son was Amnon, ⸤born⸥ to Ahinoam from Jezreel. The second was Daniel, ⸤born⸥ to Abigail from Carmel. ²The third was Absalom, ⸤born⸥ to Maacah (the daughter of King Talmai) from Geshur. The fourth was Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith. ³The fifth was Shephatiah, ⸤born⸥ to Abital. The sixth was Ithream, ⸤born⸥ to David’s wife Eglah. ⁴Six sons were born to him in Hebron, where he ruled for seven years and six months. He ruled for 33 years in Jerusalem.

⁵These ⸤children⸥ were born to David in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon (the mother of these four was Ammiel’s daughter Bathshua) and ⁶Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet, ⁷Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, ⁸Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet (nine ⸤by other wives⸥). ⁹All of these were David’s sons. Besides these, there were the sons of the concubines.^aTamar was their sister.

¹⁰Solomon’s son was Rehoboam. Rehoboam’s son was Abijah. Abijah’s son was Asa. Asa’s son was Jehoshaphat. ¹¹Jehoshaphat’s son was Joram. Joram’s son was Ahaziah. Ahaziah’s son was Joash. ¹²Joash’s son was Amaziah. Amaziah’s son was Azariah. Azariah’s son was Jotham. ¹³Jotham’s son was Ahaz. Ahaz’s son was Hezekiah. Hezekiah’s son was Manasseh. ¹⁴Manasseh’s son was Amon. Amon’s son was Josiah. ¹⁵Josiah’s firstborn son was Johanan, the second was Jehoiakim, the third was Zedekiah, and the fourth was Shallum. ¹⁶Jehoiakim’s son was Jeconiah, whose son was Zedekiah.

¹⁷The descendants of the prisoner Jeconiah were his son Shealtiel, ¹⁸then Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. ¹⁹Pedaiah’s sons were Zerubbabel and Shimei. Zerubbabel’s sons were Meshullam and Hananiah, and Shelomith was their sister. ²⁰There were also five other sons: Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab Hesed. ²¹Hananiah’s sons were Pelatiah and Jeshaiah. Jeshaiah’s son was Rephaiah.^bRephaiah’s son was Arnan. Arnan’s son was Obadiah. Obadiah’s son was Shecaniah.^c²²Shecaniah’s son was Shemaiah. Shemaiah’s six sons were Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat. ²³Neariah’s three sons were Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam. ²⁴Elioenai’s seven sons were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani.

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Footnotes

a 3:9 A concubine is considered a wife except she has fewer rights under the law.
b 3:21 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Greek, Latin; other Hebrew manuscripts “and Jeshiah, the sons of Rephaiah.”
c 3:21 Greek, Latin; Masoretic Text “the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah.”