And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
The verse stands in the extended genealogical record of 1 Chronicles 4 to 19, a long and tedious list of names dealing largely with chronology that still holds illuminating gems. That record shows the preservation of the accounts of God's children and the integrity of the tribes, with the genealogy of the tribe of Judah carefully preserved because Christ came through it.
The verse closes the full priestly line from Aaron down to Jehozadak, who went into captivity when Nebuchadnezzar carried away Judah and Jerusalem. Jehozadak is identified as the son of Seraiah, and as the ancestor of Joshua the high priest, placing him among the generation affected by the destruction of Jerusalem and the captivity. The list is preserved with exceeding care because such records guarded the rights of the priesthood, the fulfillment of prophecy and promise, and the Messianic hope of Israel.
Compared with Ezra's abbreviated listing of his own descent from Aaron, its fullness proves that Hebrew writers freely dropped intermediate links and named only selected ancestors to show relation to a remote father without ignorance or error. Its fullness therefore warns against measuring time by counting links in shortened genealogies, since much more time may have passed than a short list suggests.
The inclusion of names in the long lists of Judah and Levi shows that God remembers each person even when forgotten by others for thousands of years, and this remembrance can comfort those who feel like failures.
The verse stands in the extended genealogical record of 1 Chronicles 4 to 19, a long and tedious list of names dealing largely with chronology that still holds illuminating gems. That record shows the preservation of the accounts of God's children and the integrity of the tribes, with the genealogy of the tribe of Judah carefully preserved because Christ came through it.
The verse closes the full priestly line from Aaron down to Jehozadak, who went into captivity when Nebuchadnezzar carried away Judah and Jerusalem. Jehozadak is identified as the son of Seraiah, and as the ancestor of Joshua the high priest, placing him among the generation affected by the destruction of Jerusalem and the captivity. The list is preserved with exceeding care because such records guarded the rights of the priesthood, the fulfillment of prophecy and promise, and the Messianic hope of Israel.
Compared with Ezra's abbreviated listing of his own descent from Aaron, its fullness proves that Hebrew writers freely dropped intermediate links and named only selected ancestors to show relation to a remote father without ignorance or error. Its fullness therefore warns against measuring time by counting links in shortened genealogies, since much more time may have passed than a short list suggests.
The inclusion of names in the long lists of Judah and Levi shows that God remembers each person even when forgotten by others for thousands of years, and this remembrance can comfort those who feel like failures.