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1 Chronicles 3:14 Explained in Context
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Verse 14. 14Amon his son, Josiah his son.
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Quick Meaning
This verse advances the thought unit through its next name, action, speech, or consequence: “Amon his son, Josiah his son.” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “The royal line runs from Solomon to exile.”
Read It With
- 1 Chronicles 3:10–16
Read 1 Chronicles 3:14 with 3:10–16. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next name, action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the relationships and outcome summarized here: A compressed succession names Judah's kings from Solomon through Josiah and the final generation around Jeconiah and Zedekiah.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “The royal line runs from Solomon to exile,” 1 Chronicles 3:14 advances the thought unit through its next name, action, speech, or consequence through the wording “Amon his son, Josiah his son.” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: The genealogy carries David's house through the monarchy's collapse instead of ending the line with political defeat. 1 Chronicles 3:1–9 has just established this prior movement: David's children are organized by Hebron and Jerusalem mothers, with Tamar named as their sister and concubines acknowledged. Together those details explain why “The royal line runs from Solomon to exile” belongs here rather than merely following a database record.
Read 1 Chronicles 3:10–16 together
Why these verses belong together: 1 Chronicles 3:10–16 forms the complete movement “The royal line runs from Solomon to exile”: A compressed succession names Judah's kings from Solomon through Josiah and the final generation around Jeconiah and Zedekiah.
Verse 10. 10 And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
Verse 11. 11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
Verse 12. 12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
Verse 13. 13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
Verse 14. 14 Amon his son, Josiah his son.
Verse 15. 15 And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
Verse 16. 16 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
What Remains True
Communal memory must preserve real people, households, disruptions, and belonging without turning ancestry into superiority, spiritual rank, or entitlement. This unit tests that truth through the narrated movement: A compressed succession names Judah's kings from Solomon through Josiah and the final generation around Jeconiah and Zedekiah. In 1 Chronicles 3:14, the concrete line “Amon his son, Josiah his son” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
How It Can Shape Life
- The evidence to keep visible in this verse is “Amon his son, Josiah his son.” When a community tells its story, document people accurately, notice women and outsiders as persons, state gaps honestly, and reject ancestry tests for dignity, faith, citizenship, land, or leadership. This response follows from the unit's own movement: A compressed succession names Judah's kings from Solomon through Josiah and the final generation around Jeconiah and Zedekiah.
Continue in Context
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 1 Chronicles 3:10–16, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, clauses, regnal formulas, temple vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Chr.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 3:10–16
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NET Bible Full Notes: 1 Chronicles
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press; STEP Bible presentation, 2019 edition; current web presentation
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Exact location: STEP Bible NET2full, 1 Chronicles 3:10–16, verse-attached translation and translator notes
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