The sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shimei. The children of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah, their sister Shelomith,
And the sons of Pedaiah [were], Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister: (f) Matthew says that Zerubbabel was the son of Shealtiel, meaning that he was his nephew according to the Hebrew speech: for he was Pedaiah's son.
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.
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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.
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Commenting on 1 Chronicles 3:10-24