Family of David, Solomon, Jeconiah

The chronicles continues with the family of David and his many sons from his many wives, not counting those from his concubines. Solomon, the son whom the LORD has chosen to succeed David was quite far down the line in terms of birth order compared to his half brothers. Absalom who grabbed the throne from David, was in fact the third son by birth.

While the chronicles of David's family focused on the breadth of the family tree, that is listing his many sons; the chronicles of Solomon's family focused vertically through his descendants who were kings of Judah. from Rehoboam the first king of the split nation of Judah to the last king Zedekiah.

The next group of family chronicled was from the line of Jeconiah, the second last King of Judah. He would be the same as Jehoiachin, the king taken captive to Babylon, but later honoured by having a permanent seat at the table of the king of Babylon. The ability to trace the line of Jeconiah is evident that the royal line of Judah has been preserved.


1 Chronicles 3

The Family of David

 1 Now these were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel,[a] by Abigail the Carmelitess; 2 the third, Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; 3 the fifth, Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth, Ithream, by his wife Eglah.
4 These six were born to him in Hebron. There he reigned seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years. 5 And these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea,[b] Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon—four by Bathshua[c] the daughter of Ammiel.[d] 6 Also there were Ibhar, Elishama,[e] Eliphelet,[f] 7 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, 8 Elishama, Eliada,[g] and Eliphelet—nine in all. 9 These were all the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.

The Family of Solomon
 
10 Solomon’s son was Rehoboam; Abijah[h]was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, 11 Joram[i] his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash[j] his son, 12 Amaziah his son, Azariah[k] his son, Jotham his son, 13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, 14 Amon his son, and Josiah his son. 15 The sons of Josiah were Johanan the firstborn, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum.[l] 16 The sons of Jehoiakim were Jeconiah his son and Zedekiah[m] his son.

The Family of Jeconiah
 
17 And the sons of Jeconiah[n]were Assir,[o] Shealtiel his son, 18 and Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. 19 The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel were Meshullam, Hananiah, Shelomith their sister, 20 and Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-Hesed—five in all.
21 The sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, and the sons of Shechaniah. 22 The son of Shechaniah was Shemaiah. The sons of Shemaiah were Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat—six in all. 23 The sons of Neariah were Elioenai, Hezekiah, and Azrikam—three in all. 24 The sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani—seven in all.