1 Chronicles 3:19
in 1 Chronicles 3The sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shimei. The children of Zerubbabel:
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ASV
And the sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel, and Shimei. And the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam, and Hananiah; and Shelomith was their sister;
KJV
And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 3
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Zerubbabel, elsewhere always called “the son of Salathiel,” was only Salathiel’s heir and legal son, being naturally his nephew, the son of his brother, Pedaiah.
This site's exposition
the sons of Jeconiah
on 1 Chronicles 3:17-19
Assir in verse 17 is read by several commentators not as a fourth son but as Jeconiah's own title, the prisoner, marking that Salathiel was born to a king already captive in Babylon, the same captivity Matthew 1:12 has in view when it names Salathiel as Jeconiah's son. Jeremiah had written this king childless as to the throne, and the family line in these verses answers that word without reversing it, continuing without a king of its own returning to sit on it. Verse 19 makes Zerubbabel the son of Pedaiah rather than of Salathiel as the New Testament names him, a difference the commentators resolve as an heir standing in a dead kinsman's place rather than a contradiction of the record.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Their sister - Sister to the two last named sons of Zerubbabel, namely, by both parents; and therefore named before the other five, ver. 20, who were her brethren by the father, but not by the mother.
The last person named in this chapter is Anani, of whom bishop Patrick says that the Targum adds these words, He is the king Messiah, who is to be revealed, and some of the Jewish writers give this reason, because it is said ( Dan. vii.
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And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel and Shimei,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The sons of Pedaiah - Houbigant thinks these words should be omitted. Pedaiah is wanting in the Arabic and Syriac. If this be omitted, Zerubbabel will appear to be the son of Salathiel, according to Mat 1:12, and not the son of Pedaiah, as here stated.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְנֵ֣י | uvenei | and [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| פְדָיָ֔ה | fedayah | Pedaiah | H6305 → | 8 times |
| זְרֻבָּבֶ֖ל | zerubavel | Zerubbabel | H2216 → | |
| וְשִׁמְעִ֑י | veshimi | and Shimei | H8096 → | 43 times |
| וּבֶן־ | uven- | and [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| זְרֻבָּבֶל֙ | zerubavel | Zerubbabel | H2216 → | |
| מְשֻׁלָּ֣ם | meshulam | Meshullam | H4918 → | 25 times |
| וַחֲנַנְיָ֔ה | vachananyah | and Hananiah | H2608 → | 29 times |
| וּשְׁלֹמִ֖ית | ushelomit | and Shelomith | H8019 → | 8 times |
| אֲחוֹתָֽם׃ | ʾachotam | sister their | H269 → | 114 times |
וּבְנֵ֣יand [the] sons of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
פְדָיָ֔הPedaiah
fedayahH6305 →8 times
זְרֻבָּבֶ֖לZerubbabel
zerubavelH2216 →
וְשִׁמְעִ֑יand Shimei
veshimiH8096 →43 times
וּבֶן־and [the] son of
uven-H1121 →4930 times
זְרֻבָּבֶל֙Zerubbabel
zerubavelH2216 →
מְשֻׁלָּ֣םMeshullam
meshulamH4918 →25 times
וַחֲנַנְיָ֔הand Hananiah
vachananyahH2608 →29 times
וּשְׁלֹמִ֖יתand Shelomith
ushelomitH8019 →8 times
אֲחוֹתָֽם׃sister their
ʾachotamH269 →114 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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
Haggai 2:4But now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the LORD. Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. And be strong, all you people of the land, declares the LORD. Work! For I…
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 28:20
David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will neither fail you…
- Deuteronomy 31:23
Then the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land that I swore to give them, and I will be with…
- Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
- Zechariah 8:9
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words spoken by the prophets who were present when the foundations were laid to rebuild the…
- 1 Chronicles 28:20
Through
Haggai 1:1In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of…
it leads to
- Ezra 2:2
accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Nehemiah 7:7
accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezra 2:2
Through
Ezra 3:2Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates, began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it,…
it leads to
- Haggai 1:1
In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Haggai 1:1
Through
Ezra 2:2accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:
it leads to
- Haggai 1:14
So the LORD stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as the spirit of all the remnant…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Haggai 1:14
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.