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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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Compare 1 Chronicles 3:21 and LXX 1 Chronicles 3:21

Hebrew Bible · Septuagint

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Summary

The Hebrew version of 1 Chronicles lists four families after Hananiah with no connection to his family. The Greek Septuagint translation reads them as one unbroken father to son chain, describing David’s descendants several generations later.

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1 Chronicles 3:21

Hebrew Bible
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.
400–301 BCE (scholarly estimate) Read in 1 Chronicles

LXX 1 Chronicles 3:21

Septuagint
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. 22 And the son of Shecaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Joel, and Bariah and Noadiah, and Shaphat, six.
100–1 BCE (scholarly estimate) Read in LXX 1 Chronicles

References

... With respect to the more complex problem in verse 21b, there are four options for the text: 1) With the Masoretic Text, reading bĕnê four times in verse 21b, verse 21 reads: ‘And the son(s) of Hananiah: Pelatiah and Jeshaiah; the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah.’ The result in verse 21b is a list of four families named after a father—but families with no explicit connection to Hananiah or his sons, that is, with those who precede them in the genealogy. 2) With the Septuagint, reading bĕnô for the Masoretic Text’s bĕnê four times and adding bĕnô after Shecaniah in verse 21b, verse 21 reads: ‘And the son(s) of Hananiah: Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah his son, Rephaiah his son, Arnan his son, Obadiah his son, Shecaniah his son.’ Here one finds the typical form of a linear genealogy tracing six generations after Hananiah, as for example in 3:10-14. ...
Kenneth E. Pomykala, The Davidic Dynasty Tradition in Early Judaism: Its History and Significance for Messianism, EJL 7 (Atlanta: SBL, 1995), 83–84.

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