1 Chronicles 3

CHAPTER 3

Sons of David

^1aNow these were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second was Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelitess;

²the third was Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;

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

⁴Six were born to him in Hebron, and ^athere he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.

^5aThese were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and ^bSolomon, four, by ^cBath-shua the daughter of Ammiel;

⁶and Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet,

⁷Nogah, Nepheg, and Japhia,

⁸Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.

⁹All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines; and ^aTamar was their sister.

¹⁰Now Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

¹¹Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,

¹²Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,

¹³Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,

¹⁴Amon his son, Josiah his son.

¹⁵The sons of Josiah were Johanan the firstborn, and the second was Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

¹⁶The sons of Jehoiakim were Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.

¹⁷The sons of Jeconiah, the prisoner, were Shealtiel his son,

¹⁸and Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.

¹⁹The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei. And the ¹sons of Zerubbabel were Meshullam and Hananiah, and Shelomith was their sister;

²⁰and Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-hesed, five.

²¹The ¹sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah.

²²The sons of Shecaniah were Shemaiah, and the sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat, six.

²³The ¹sons of Neariah were Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three.

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