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1 Chronicles 3:12

in 1 Chronicles 3

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

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

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

KJV

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

This verse in 1 Chronicles 3

Commentary

2 notes on this verse
Azariah - Elsewhere in Chronicles called uniformly “Uzziah” (2Ch 26:1, 2Ch 26:3,2Ch 26:9, 2Ch 26:11, etc.), but called indifferently “Azariah” and “Uzziah” in Kings (“Azariah” in 2Ki 14:21; 2Ki 15:1, 2Ki 15:6,2Ki 15:17, 2Ki 15:23, 2Ki 15:27, etc.; “Uzziah” in 2Ki 15:13, 2Ki 15:32, 2Ki 15:34).

This site's exposition

Solomon’s son was Rehoboam

on 1 Chronicles 3:10-14

Verses 10 to 14 run the royal line in one column from Solomon to Josiah, sixteen kings in direct father to son succession, a transmission the old commentators call rare among the world's crowns and read as the reward promised David for his own piety. Chronicles gives only the names here; the failures and reforms of these same kings already stand fully told in the parallel Kings exposition. The column ends at Josiah, the last king of this line to die on the throne before it breaks into brothers and captives in the verses that follow.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

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): “..
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on I Chronicles 3:11:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

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

6 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • אֲמַצְיָ֧הוּAmaziah

    ʾamatzyahuH55840 times

  • בְנ֛וֹson his

    venoH11214930 times

  • עֲזַרְיָ֥הAzariah

    ʾazaryahH583849 times

  • בְנ֖וֹson his

    venoH11214930 times

  • יוֹתָ֥םJotham

    yotamH314724 times

  • בְּנֽוֹ׃son his

    benoH11214930 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 15:5

    And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people…

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 13:46

      As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.

    • Numbers 12:14

      But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days;…

  • Through

    2 Kings 15:30

    Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place.

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 17:1

      In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahaz over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria nine years.

    • 2 Kings 15:10

      Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, struck him down and killed him in front of the people, and reigned in his place.

  • Through

    2 Kings 14:1

    In the second year of the reign of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz over Israel, Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah.

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 13:10

      In the thirty-seventh year of the reign of Joash over Judah, Jehoash son of Jehoahaz became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned sixteen years.

    • 2 Chronicles 25:1–4

      Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 25:1

    Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 14:1–6

      In the second year of the reign of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz over Israel, Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah.

  • Through

    2 Kings 14:21

    Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 15:13

      In the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah’s reign over Judah, Shallum son of Jabesh became king, and he reigned in Samaria one full month.

About 1 Chronicles

Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.