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1 Chronicleschapter 3

24 verses · Ezra, by tradition · 450 to 400 BC · History

Original Language

1 Chronicles 3— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about 1 Chronicles 3. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

5 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 4 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

The sons born to David in Hebron and Jerusalem1

1 Chronicles 3:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וְאֵ֤לֶּהveelehand theseH428הָיוּ֙hayuthey wereH1961בְּנֵ֣יbenei[the] sons ofH1121דָויִ֔דdoyidDavidH1732אֲשֶׁ֥רʾasherwhomH834נֽוֹלַד־nolad-it was bornH3205ל֖וֹloto himבְּחֶבְר֑וֹןbechevronin HebronH2275הַבְּכ֣וֹר׀habekhorthe firstbornH1060אַמְנֹ֗ןʾamnonAmnonH550לַאֲחִינֹ֙עַם֙laachinoamto AhinoamH293הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִ֔יתhaiyizreelitthe Jezreelite [woman]H3158שֵׁנִי֙shenisecondH8145דָּנִיֵּ֔אלdaniyelDanielH1840לַאֲבִיגַ֖יִלlaavigayilto AbigailH26הַֽכַּרְמְלִֽית׃hakarmelitthe Carmelite [woman]H3761

Rashi on I Chronicles 3:1

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
the second, Daniel But in II Sam. (3:3) it says: “And the second (sic), Chileab, of Abigail.” It is explained in Midrash Vayechulu ( Ozar Midrashim, p. 156) that David married Abigail after Nabal died, and they suspected that her son was Nabal’s.

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

Targum of I Chronicles 3:1

Targum
And these were the sons of David who were born to him in Ḥebron: his firstborn Amnon by Aḥinoam of Jezreel, the second Daniel aka Khil'ab who looked exactly like his father [ kuleih l'abba ] by Avigail of Carmel.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Sefaria Community Translation

1 Chronicles 3:11· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

יוֹרָ֥םyoramJoramH3141בְּנ֛וֹbenoson hisH1121אֲחַזְיָ֥הוּʾachazyahuAhaziahH274בְנ֖וֹvenoson hisH1121יוֹאָ֥שׁyoashJoashH3101בְּנֽוֹ׃benoson hisH1121

Rashi on I Chronicles 3:11

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
Ahaziah his son, Joash From Solomon to Joash were eight generations, and since David foresaw that his seed would perish in the days of Joash through Athaliah, as is written in this Book (II Chron.:10): “..

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

1 Chronicles 3:16· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וּבְנֵ֖יuveneiand [the] sons ofH1121יְהוֹיָקִ֑יםyehoyakimJehoiakimH3079יְכָנְיָ֥הyekhaneyahJeconiahH3204בְנ֖וֹvenoson hisH1121צִדְקִיָּ֥הtzidkiyahZedekiahH6667בְנֽוֹ׃venoson hisH1121

Radak on I Chronicles 3:16

RadakProvence, 1160–1235· Commentary
The descendants of Jehoiakim: his son Jeconiah, his son Zedekiah. Jeconiah named his son Zedekiah after his uncle Zedekiah.

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007

The royal seed continues after Babylon17

1 Chronicles 3:17· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וּבְנֵי֙uveneiand [the] sons ofH1121יְכָנְיָ֣הyekhaneyahJeconiahH3204אַסִּ֔רʾasira prisonerH616שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵ֖לshealtielShealtielH7597בְּנֽוֹ׃benoson hisH1121

Radak on I Chronicles 3:17

RadakProvence, 1160–1235· Commentary
And the sons of Jeconiah: Assir, Shealtiel his son. These were both his sons.

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007

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