CHAPTER 3

¹And these were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelite; the second Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelite; ²the third Absalom son of Maachah daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah son of Haggith; ³the fifth, Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth Ithream, by Eglah his wife. ⁴Six were born to him in Hebron, and he was king there seven years and six months, and thirty-three years he was king in Jerusalem. ⁵And there were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea and Shobab and Nathan and Solomon, four by Bath-Shua daughter of Ammiel. ⁶And Ibhar and Elishama and Eliphelet, ⁷and Nogah and Nepheg and Japhia, ⁸and Elishama and Eliada and Eliphelet—nine, ⁹all the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines and Tamar their sister. ¹⁰And the son of Solomon was Rehoboam, his son Abijah, his son Asa, his son Jehoshaphat, ¹¹his son Joram, his son Ahaziah, his son Joash, ¹²Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, ¹³his son Hezekiah, his son Manasseh, ¹⁴his son Amon, his son Josiah. ¹⁵And the sons of Josiah, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. ¹⁶And the sons of Jehoiakim were Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. ¹⁷And the sons of Jeconiah Sheatiel and Assir his son, ¹⁸and Malchiram and Pedaiah and Shenazzar and Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. ¹⁹And the sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei, and the sons of Zerubbabel, Meshullam and Hananiah and Shelomith their sister, ²⁰and Hashubah and Ohel and Berechiah and Hasadiah and Jushab-Hesed—five. ²¹And the sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah and Jeshaiah. The sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah. ²²And the son of Shechaniah was Shemaiah, and the sons of Shemaiah, Hattush and Igal and Bariah and Neariah and Shaphat—six. ²³And the sons of Neariah, Elioenai and Hezekiah and Azrikam—three. ²⁴And the sons of Elioenai, Hodaviah and Eliashib and Pelaiah and Akkub and Johanan and Delaiah and Anani—seven.