New Living Translation
1 Chronicles 3:16
16The successors of Jehoiakim were his son Jehoiachin and his brother 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
14Amon, and Josiah. 15The sons of Josiah were Johanan (the oldest), Jehoiakim (the second), Zedekiah (the third), and Jehoahaz (the fourth). The successors of Jehoiakim were his son Jehoiachin and his brother Zedekiah. 17The sons of Jehoiachin, who was taken prisoner by the Babylonians, were Shealtiel, 18Malkiram, 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 24:6When Jehoiakim died, his son Jehoiachin became the next king.
- 2 Kings 25:27In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, Evil-merodach ascended to the Babylonian throne. He was kind to Jehoiachin and released him from prison on April 2 of that year.
- 2 Chronicles 36:9Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. Jehoiachin did what was evil in the Lord’s sight.
- Jeremiah 22:24“As surely as I live,” says the Lord, “I will abandon you, Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah. Even if you were the signet ring on my right hand, I would pull you off.
- Matthew 1:11Josiah was the father of Jehoiachin and his brothers (born at the time of the exile to Babylon).
- 1 Chronicles 3:15The sons of Josiah were Johanan (the oldest), Jehoiakim (the second), Zedekiah (the third), and Jehoahaz (the fourth).
- 2 Kings 24:17Then the king of Babylon installed Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, as the next king, and he 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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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 3
- 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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