God’s Word Translation
1 Chronicles 3:16
16Jehoiakim’s son was Jeconiah, whose son was Zedekiah.
1 Chronicles 3:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
- New International Version (NIV)The successors of Jehoiakim: Jehoiachin his son, and Zedekiah.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The descendants of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son;
- New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Jehoiakim were Jeconiah his son and Zedekiah his son.
Context of 1 Chronicles 3:16
14Manasseh’s son was Amon. Amon’s son was Josiah. 15Josiah’s firstborn son was Johanan, the second was Jehoiakim, the third was Zedekiah, and the fourth was Shallum. Jehoiakim’s son was Jeconiah, whose son was Zedekiah. 17The descendants of the prisoner Jeconiah were his son Shealtiel, 18then Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 31 Chronicles 3:16 word by word
וּבְנֵ֖י יְהוֹיָקִ֑ים יְכָנְיָ֥ה בְנ֖וֹ צִדְקִיָּ֥ה בְנֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 3:16
- 2 Kings 24:6Jehoiakim lay down in death with his ancestors, and his son Jehoiakin succeeded him as king.
- 2 Kings 25:27On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the imprisonment of King Jehoiakin of Judah, King Evil Merodach of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, freed King Jehoiakin of Judah from prison.
- 2 Chronicles 36:9Jehoiakin was eight years old when he began to rule as king. He was king for three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did what the Lord considered evil.
- Jeremiah 22:24“As I live,” declares the Lord, “even though you, Jehoiakin, son of Judah’s King Jehoiakim, are the signet ring on my right hand, I will pull you off my hand.
- Matthew 1:11Josiah was the father of Jechoniah and his brothers. They lived at the time when the people were exiled to Babylon.
- 1 Chronicles 3:15Josiah’s firstborn son was Johanan, the second was Jehoiakim, the third was Zedekiah, and the fourth was Shallum.
- 2 Kings 24:17The king of Babylon made King Jehoiakin’s Uncle Mattaniah king in his place and changed Mattaniah’s name to Zedekiah.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 3:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Zedekiah his son - If this be the same who was the last king of Judah, before the captivity, the word son must be taken here to signify successor; for it is certain that Zedekiah was the successor of Jeconiah, and that Zedekiah was the son of Josiah, and not of Jehoiakim.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16The successors of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, and Zedekiah: At the end of Judah's monarchy, the eldest son did not always become king.Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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