1 Chronicles 3:16 Explained in Context

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Verse 16. And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.

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Role in This Section

This verse closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition: “And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “The royal line runs from Solomon to exile.”

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1 Chronicles 3:10–16

Read 1 Chronicles 3:16 with 3:10–16. The selected wording supplies one closing in the thought unit with its stated result or transition; 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 It Needs Context

1 Chronicles 3:16 depends on 3:10–16; isolating “And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son” would detach a supporting name, action, quotation, number, object, or transition from “The royal line runs from Solomon to exile.”

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. And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

Verse 11. Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,

Verse 12. Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,

Verse 13. Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,

Verse 14. Amon his son, Josiah his son.

Verse 15. And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

Verse 16. And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.

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