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1 Chronicles 3:20 Explained in Context
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Verse 20. 20And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five.
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Quick Meaning
This verse advances the thought unit through its next name, action, speech, or consequence: “And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five.” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “David's descendants continue after deportation.”
Read It With
- 1 Chronicles 3:17–24
Read 1 Chronicles 3:20 with 3:17–24. 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: Jeconiah's descendants, Zerubbabel's household, sisters, and later generations extend the line into the postexilic horizon.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “David's descendants continue after deportation,” 1 Chronicles 3:20 advances the thought unit through its next name, action, speech, or consequence through the wording “And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five.” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: The Davidic genealogy continues beyond royal collapse toward the postexilic community that chapter 9 locates again in Jerusalem.
Read 1 Chronicles 3:17–24 together
Why these verses belong together: 1 Chronicles 3:17–24 forms the complete movement “David's descendants continue after deportation”: Jeconiah's descendants, Zerubbabel's household, sisters, and later generations extend the line into the postexilic horizon.
Verse 17. 17 And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,
Verse 18. 18 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
Verse 19. 19 And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:
Verse 20. 20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five.
Verse 21. 21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.
Verse 22. 22 And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
Verse 23. 23 And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three.
Verse 24. 24 And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.
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: Jeconiah's descendants, Zerubbabel's household, sisters, and later generations extend the line into the postexilic horizon. In 1 Chronicles 3:20, the concrete line “And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
How It Can Shape Life
- The evidence to keep visible in this verse is “And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five.” 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: Jeconiah's descendants, Zerubbabel's household, sisters, and later generations extend the line into the postexilic horizon.
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Biblical text
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Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
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NET Bible Full Notes: 1 Chronicles
Biblical Studies Press
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