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1 Chronicles 3:22 Explained in Context
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Verse 22. 22And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
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Role in This Section
This verse advances the thought unit through its next name, action, speech, or consequence: “And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah….” 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 3:22 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 It Needs Context
1 Chronicles 3:22 depends on 3:17–24; isolating “And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah…” would detach a supporting name, action, quotation, number, object, or transition from “David's descendants continue after deportation.”
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.
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Biblical text
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Exact location: 1 Chronicles 3:17–24, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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