And the sons of Shecaniah: Shemaiah. And the sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, and Igal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. (g) So that Shemaiah was Shechaniah's natural son, and the other five his nephews and in all there were six.
Whether Assir is a son's name or an appellative meaning 'prisoner' turns on grammar: the lack of the article decides it. If apposition to Jeconiah, it must have the article; it does not. Shealtiel stands as a proper name in the line, confirmed by his place in the genealogies of Jesus and Zerubbabel across Matthew, Luke, Haggai, and Ezra.
AI summary
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 3:17-24
The crown passed in direct line from father to son for seventeen descents, a rare thing, and the fruit of David's piety. But when the succession grew tangled near the captivity, brother to brother and nephew to uncle, the glory of that house began to eclipse, and the descendants after the return were mostly obscure names. Only Zerubbabel shone among them.
AI summary
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 3:10-24