1 Chronicles 3

David’s Descendants

3These ^kwere David’s sons who were born to him in Hebron:

Amnon was the firstborn, by Ahinoam of Jezreel;

Daniel was born second, by Abigail of Carmel;

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

Adonijah son of Haggith was fourth;

³Shephatiah, by Abital, was fifth;

and Ithream, by David’s wife Eglah, was sixth.

⁴Six sons were born to David in Hebron, where he ruled seven years and six months, and he ruled in Jerusalem 33 years. ^l

⁵These ^msons were born to him in Jerusalem:

Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. ⁿThese four were born to him by Bath-shua ^odaughter of Ammiel.

⁶David’s other sons: Ibhar, Elishua, ^pqEliphelet, ⁷Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, ⁸Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet—nine sons.

⁹These were all David’s sons, with their sister Tamar, ^rin addition to the sons by his concubines.

Judah’s Kings

¹⁰Solomon’s son was Rehoboam;

his son was Abijah, his son Asa,

his son Jehoshaphat, ¹¹his son Jehoram, ^st

his son Ahaziah, his son Joash,

¹²his son Amaziah, his son Azariah,

his son Jotham, ¹³his son Ahaz,

his son Hezekiah, his son Manasseh,

¹⁴his son Amon, and his son Josiah.

¹⁵Josiah’s sons:

Johanan was the firstborn, Jehoiakim second,

Zedekiah third, and Shallum fourth.

¹⁶Jehoiakim’s sons:

his sons Jeconiah and Zedekiah.

David’s Line After the Exile

¹⁷The sons of Jeconiah the captive:

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

¹⁹Pedaiah’s sons: Zerubbabel and Shimei.

Zerubbabel’s sons: Meshullam and Hananiah, with their sister Shelomith; ²⁰and five others—Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-hesed.

²¹Hananiah’s descendants: Pelatiah, Jeshaiah, and the sons of Rephaiah, Arnan, Obadiah, and Shecaniah. ^u

²²The son ^vof Shecaniah: Shemaiah.

Shemaiah’s sons: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat—six.

²³Neariah’s sons: Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam—three.

²⁴Elioenai’s sons: Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani—seven.