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1 Chronicles

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Chapter 3

1 These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam from Jezreel; the second was Daniel, whose mother was Abigail from Carmel; 2 the third was Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith; 3 the fifth was Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital; the sixth was Ithream, whose mother was Eglah, David’s wife. 4 These six were born to David in Hebron, where he ruled for seven years and six months. He ruled thirty-three years in Jerusalem. 5 These were the sons born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon—the mother of these four was Bathsheba the daughter of Ammiel. 6 The other nine were Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet, 7 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, 8 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet. 9 These were all the sons of David, not counting the sons of his concubines. Tamar was their sister. 10 Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, followed by Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, 11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, 12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, 13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, 14 Amon his son, Josiah his son. 15 The sons of Josiah: Johanan was the firstborn; Jehoiakim was born second; Zedekiah third, and Shallum fourth. 16 The sons of Jehoiakim: his son Jehoiachin and his son Zedekiah. 17 The sons of Jehoiachin the exile: Shealtiel his son, 18 Malkiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. 19 The sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shimei.⁠ The sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah. Shelomith was their sister. 20 The five others were Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab Hesed. 21 The descendants of Hananiah: Pelatiah, Jeshaiah, the sons of Rephaiah, of Arnan, of Obadiah, and of Shecaniah.⁠ 22 The descendants of Shecaniah: Shemaiah and his sons: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat—six in all. 23 The sons of Neariah: Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam—three in all. 24 The sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani—seven in all.

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Hebrew Bible · Septuagint

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The Hebrew version of 1 Chronicles describes Zerubbabel as the son of Pedaiah. The Greek Septuagint translation instead names his father as Shealtiel, the reading that later genealogies of David’s line all followed.

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1 Chronicles 3:19

Hebrew Bible
18 Malkiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. 19 The sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah. Shelomith was their sister. 20 The five others were Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab Hesed. 21 The descendants of Hananiah: Pelatiah, Jeshaiah, the sons of Rephaiah, of Arnan, of Obadiah, and of Shecaniah.
400–301 BCE (scholarly estimate) Read in 1 Chronicles

LXX 1 Chronicles 3:19

Septuagint
18 Malchiram, and Pedaiah, and Shenazzar, and Jekamiah, and Hoshama, and Denethi. 19 And the sons of Shealtiel; Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith was their sister. 20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, and Jushab Hesed, five. 21 And the sons of Hananiah, Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah his son, Rephaiah his son, Arnan his son, Obadiah his son, Shecaniah his son.
100–1 BCE (scholarly estimate) Read in LXX 1 Chronicles

References

... It is generally agreed that the Greek version of Chronicles was a primary source for the names of Jesus’s forebears up until the return of the Judahites from exile (Albright and Mann 1971: 3; Fitzmyer 1981: 491-494). Matthew also follows the Septuagint Chronicles’s identification of Zerubbabel’s father. In the Masoretic Text of Chronicles, Zerubbabel is listed as the son of Pedaiah, but in the Septuagint Chronicles, Zerubbabel is the son of Salathiel (Greek for Shealtiel), Pedaiah’s brother (Septuagint 1 Chronicles 3:19). Once Matthew reached Zerubbabel, however, he set aside Chronicles’ record and supplied names that have no other scriptural attestation. ...
Blaire A. French, Chronicles Through the Centuries (Wiley Blackwell, 2017), 18.

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