Chapter 3

^1 [a](A)These were the sons of David born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second, Daniel,^[b] by Abigail of Carmel; ² the third, Absalom, son of Maacah, who was the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah, son of Haggith; ³ the fifth, Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth, Ithream, by his wife Eglah. ⁴ Six in all were born to him in Hebron, where he reigned seven years and six months. Then he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.^{(B) 5 (C)}In Jerusalem the following were born to him: Shimea,^[c] Shobab, Nathan, Solomon—four by Bathsheba, the daughter of Ammiel;^{(D) 6} Ibhar, Elishua, Eliphelet, ⁷ Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, ⁸ Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet—nine. ⁹ All these were sons of David, in addition to other sons by concubines; and Tamar was their sister.^(E)

^10 [d](F)The son of Solomon was Rehoboam, whose son was Abijah, whose son was Asa, whose son was Jehoshaphat,^{(G) 11} whose son was Joram, whose son was Ahaziah, whose son was Joash,^{(H) 12} whose son was Amaziah, whose son was Azariah, whose son was Jotham,^{(I) 13} whose son was Ahaz, whose son was Hezekiah, whose son was Manasseh,^{(J) 14} whose son was Amon, whose son was Josiah.^{(K) 15} The sons of Josiah were: the firstborn Johanan; the second, Jehoiakim; the third, Zedekiah; the fourth, Shallum.^{[e](L) 16} The sons of Jehoiakim were: Jeconiah, his son; Zedekiah, his son.^(M)

¹⁷ The sons of Jeconiah^[f] the captive were: Shealtiel,^{(N) 18} Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar,^[g] Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. ¹⁹ The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel^[h] and Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel were Meshullam and Hananiah; Shelomith was their sister. ²⁰ The sons of Meshullam were Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, Jushabhesed—five. ²¹ The sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah, Jeshaiah, Rephaiah, Arnan, Obadiah, and Shecaniah. ²² The sons of Shecaniah were Shemaiah, Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, Shaphat—six.^{(O) 23} The sons of Neariah were Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam—three. ²⁴ The sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani—seven.