And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
The verse belongs to the genealogical records and lists that occupy the first nine chapters of Chronicles, in a chapter that is nearly all names, recording names and events by listing Jeconiah and Zedekiah as Jehoiakim's descendants. Chronicles gives particular attention to the house of Judah and the priesthood, giving more detail about Judah than Kings, and the verse belongs to the carefully preserved genealogy of the tribe of Judah. The verse belongs to 1 Chronicles 1-3 appointed to be read on Sabbath May 30 with 2 Kings 25 and Psalm 147, closing a week tracing transgression, war, strife, defeat, captivity and conspiracy through the kings of the ten tribes from Jehu to Hoshea to the end of the kingdom in B.C. 721-722 by Shalmaneser IV and Sargon, when many were carried into captivity and a remnant was left in the land.
Such genealogical records were needed after the exile to establish hereditary rights to land and duties in the temple service. The verse belongs to the genealogy of Judah through which Christ came, and Judah with Levi was one of the only lines kept unbroken until the first coming of the Lord, because Jesus was of the tribe of Judah and of the family of David according to prophecy. Together with the surrounding genealogy, the verse shows that Matthew's list can follow royal inheritance rather than an unbroken father-to-son line, since some listed kings were grandsons or great-grandsons of earlier kings, so names could be skipped while the royal claim passed down to Joseph and through him as Jesus' reputed father to Jesus.
The long records of names, dealing largely with chronology and usually considered dry and uninteresting, show the preservation of the records of God's children and the integrity of the tribes, showing that God is particular and that a faithful record of each soul is kept in the books of heaven. The verse is an example of a verse that is not an expressed promise.
The verse belongs to the genealogical records and lists that occupy the first nine chapters of Chronicles, in a chapter that is nearly all names, recording names and events by listing Jeconiah and Zedekiah as Jehoiakim's descendants. Chronicles gives particular attention to the house of Judah and the priesthood, giving more detail about Judah than Kings, and the verse belongs to the carefully preserved genealogy of the tribe of Judah. The verse belongs to 1 Chronicles 1-3 appointed to be read on Sabbath May 30 with 2 Kings 25 and Psalm 147, closing a week tracing transgression, war, strife, defeat, captivity and conspiracy through the kings of the ten tribes from Jehu to Hoshea to the end of the kingdom in B.C. 721-722 by Shalmaneser IV and Sargon, when many were carried into captivity and a remnant was left in the land.
Such genealogical records were needed after the exile to establish hereditary rights to land and duties in the temple service. The verse belongs to the genealogy of Judah through which Christ came, and Judah with Levi was one of the only lines kept unbroken until the first coming of the Lord, because Jesus was of the tribe of Judah and of the family of David according to prophecy. Together with the surrounding genealogy, the verse shows that Matthew's list can follow royal inheritance rather than an unbroken father-to-son line, since some listed kings were grandsons or great-grandsons of earlier kings, so names could be skipped while the royal claim passed down to Joseph and through him as Jesus' reputed father to Jesus.
The long records of names, dealing largely with chronology and usually considered dry and uninteresting, show the preservation of the records of God's children and the integrity of the tribes, showing that God is particular and that a faithful record of each soul is kept in the books of heaven. The verse is an example of a verse that is not an expressed promise.