1 Chronicles 3:15
in 1 Chronicles 3The sons of Josiah: Johanan was the firstborn, Jehoiakim the second, Zedekiah the third, and Shallum the fourth.
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ASV
And the sons of Josiah: the first-born Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
KJV
And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 3
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Of the sons of Josiah, Johanan, “the first-born,” who is mentioned in this place only, must, it would seem, have died before his father, or with him at Megiddo; and Shallum (also called Jehoahaz, marginal note and reference) was considerably older than Zedekiah, and was consequently the third, and not the fourth, son. He is perhaps assigned the fourth place here by way of intentional degradation. Compare Jer 22:10-12; Eze 19:3-4.
This site's exposition
The sons of Josiah
on 1 Chronicles 3:15-16
Johanan was the firstborn, yet he is named nowhere else in Scripture, and Shallum, called Jehoahaz in Kings, stands fourth. Verse 16 names a Zedekiah among the successors of Jehoiakim, and the commentators read him as a king unrecorded or a successor called a son.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Zedekiah--called the son of Josiah (compare Jer 1:3; 37:1), but in 2Ch 36:19 he is described as the brother of Jehoiachin, who was the son of Jehoiakim, and consequently the grandson of Josiah. Words expressive of affinity or relationship are used with great latitude in the Hebrew.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
The descendants of Jehoiakim: his son Jeconiah, his son Zedekiah. Jeconiah named his son Zedekiah after his uncle Zedekiah.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְנֵי֙ | uvenei | and [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יֹאשִׁיָּ֔הוּ | yoshiyahu | Josiah | H2977 → | |
| הַבְּכוֹר֙ | habekhor | the firstborn | H1060 → | 122 times |
| יוֹחָנָ֔ן | yochanan | Johanan | H3110 → | 22 times |
| הַשֵּׁנִ֖י | hasheni | the second | H8145 → | 156 times |
| יְהוֹיָקִ֑ים | yehoyakim | Jehoiakim | H3079 → | |
| הַשְּׁלִשִׁי֙ | hashelishi | the third | H7992 → | 107 times |
| צִדְקִיָּ֔הוּ | tzidkiyahu | Zedekiah | H6667 → | |
| הָרְבִיעִ֖י | harevii | the fourth | H7243 → | 56 times |
| שַׁלּֽוּם׃ | shalum | Shallum | H7967 → | 27 times |
וּבְנֵי֙and [the] sons of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
יֹאשִׁיָּ֔הוּJosiah
yoshiyahuH2977 →
הַבְּכוֹר֙the firstborn
habekhorH1060 →122 times
יוֹחָנָ֔ןJohanan
yochananH3110 →22 times
הַשֵּׁנִ֖יthe second
hasheniH8145 →156 times
יְהוֹיָקִ֑יםJehoiakim
yehoyakimH3079 →
הַשְּׁלִשִׁי֙the third
hashelishiH7992 →107 times
צִדְקִיָּ֔הוּZedekiah
tzidkiyahuH6667 →
הָרְבִיעִ֖יthe fourth
hareviiH7243 →56 times
שַׁלּֽוּם׃Shallum
shalumH7967 →27 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Kings 23:34Then Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt, where he…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 19:3–4
She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
- 2 Kings 24:17
Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.
- Jeremiah 22:11–12
For this is what the LORD says concerning Shallum son of Josiah, king of Judah, who succeeded his father Josiah but has gone forth from this place: “He will never return,
- Daniel 1:7
The chief official gave them new names: To Daniel he gave the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.
- 2 Chronicles 36:3–4
And the king of Egypt dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
- Ezekiel 19:3–4
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonLate monarchyJosiahThe boy-king who found the book of the law in the temple, tore his clothes, and led Judah's last great reformation and Passover be…
- PersonExileZedekiahJudah's last king, who broke his oath to Babylon against Jeremiah's word; his sons slain before his eyes at Riblah, and the city a…
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).