beside the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister. 10And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son; 11Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son; 12Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son; 13Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son; 14Amon his son, Josiah his son. And the sons of 15Josiah; the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. 16And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. 17And the
10—16. The Line of Davidic Kings.
Two things are to be noted in this list: (1) Johanan's name is given in ver. 15, though he was never king, (2) Zedekiah's name appears to be twice given, once among the sons of Josiah (ver. 15) and again in his place according to the succession (ver. 16).
10. Abijah] called Abijam in 1 Kin. xiv. 31, xv. 1 ff. Abia is the Greek form of the name; Matt. i. 7 (A.V.).
12. Azariah] This king is usually called Uzziah, cp. Is. vi. 1; see note on 2 Chr. xxvi. 1.
15. the firstborn Johanan] This son of Josiah never came to the throne, nor is anything known of him except from this passage.
Zedekiah] Though reckoned third here, he was younger than Shallum (= Jehoahaz); cp. 2 Chr. xxxvi. 2 (= 2 Kings xxiii. 31) with 2 Chr. xxxvi. 11 (= 2 Kings xxiv. 18).
Shallum] To be identified with Jehoahaz; cp. 2 Chr. xxxvi. 1 with Jer. xxii. 11.
16. Jeconiah] This name is sometimes shortened to Coniah (Jer. xxii. 24) and written (with a slight change of meaning) Jehoiachin (2 Chr. xxxvi. 8, 9; 2 Kings xxiv. 6 ff.).
Zedekiah his son] Zedekiah was heir, not son, to Jeconiah, whom he succeeded in the kingdom. His relationship to Jeconiah was that of uncle.
17—19 a. The Davidic Line from Jeconiah to Zerubbabel.
Note that whereas Zerubbabel is here represented apparently as the son of Pedaiah and consequently nephew of Shealtiel (= Salathiel), he is elsewhere called the son of Shealtiel (Ezra iii. 2; Hag. i. 1, ii. 2; cp. Luke iii. 27—31). The LXX. solves the difficulty by reading Salathiel (= Shealtiel) in ver. 19. The view that the names given in ver. 18 (including Pedaiah) are the names of the sons of Shealtiel is not probable. Another suggestion is that Zerubbabel was grand-son both to Shealtiel and Pedaiah, according to such a scheme as the following:
PedaiahShealtiel
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Zerubbabel.
