The Bible
1 Chronicles Chapter 3
1Now these were the sons of David, who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess; 2the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; 3the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife: 4six were born to him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months. In Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years; 5and these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan and Solomon, four [in all], of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel; 6Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet, 7Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, 8Elishama, Eliada and Eliphelet, nine [in all].
9All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.
10Solomon'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.
15The sons of Josiah were the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah and the fourth Shallum.
16The sons of Jehoiakim were Jeconiah his son and Zedekiah his son.
17The sons of Jeconiah, the captive were Shealtiel his son, 18Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
19The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel were Meshullam and Hananiah; and Shelomith was their sister; 20also Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, Jushab Hesed, five [in all].
21The sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah and Jeshaiah; the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah.
22The son of Shecaniah was Shemaiah. Shemaiah and his sons were Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah and Shaphat, six [in all].
23The sons of Neariah were Elioenai, Hizkiah and Azrikam, three [in all].
24The sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah and Anani, seven [in all].
The Bible text is a minor adaptation of the WEB
to include nuanced meanings of particular ancient words for placenames, God and others of special interest.
In general square brackets:[] are used to indicated words not found in the original text.
They also indicate the 5 books of the Psalms, and the letters in Psalm 119;
and a few passages considered by some to be of questionable authenticity, marked with an asterisk(*).
