The sons of Jeconiah, the captive: Shealtiel his son,
Jeremiah called him childless, but that meant no son would sit on David's throne, the prophecy concerned the succession, not the fact of offspring. Shealtiel was born in captivity, which is why the record marks Jeconiah as prisoner: to establish that this line continued under judgment in Babylon.
AI summary
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
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