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LXX 1 Chronicles

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Chapter 3

1 Now these were the sons of David that were born to him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, born of Ahinoam the Jezreelite; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelite. 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, the son of Abital; the sixth, Ithream, born of Eglah his wife. 4 Six were born to him in Hebron; and he reigned there seven years and six months: and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem. 5 And these were born to him in Jerusalem; Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon; four of Bathsheba the daughter of Ammiel: 6 and Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, 7 and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Janue, 8 and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. 9 All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines, and there was also Tamar their sister. 10 The sons of Solomon; Rehoboam, 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 And the sons of Josiah; the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. 16 And the sons of Jehoiakim; Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. 17 And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Shealtiel his son, 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.⁠ 22 And the son of Shecaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Joel, and Bariah and Noadiah, and Shaphat, six. 23 And the sons of Noadiah: Elioenai, and Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three. 24 And the sons of Elioenai; Hodaviah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven.

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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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