David's Descendants

Six sons born in Hebron, each by a different wife: Amnon, Daniel (Chileab in Samuel), Absalom, Adonijah, Shephatiah, Ithream. "And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel." "And Tamar their sister."

Solomon's line: Rehoboam, Abia, Asa, Jehoshaphat… Hezekiah, Manasseh, Amon, Josiah. Then "the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son," Malchiram, Pedaiah…

"And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister." The list runs on through Hattush, Elioenai and his seven sons, perhaps six generations after Zerubbabel.

Zerubbabel's father

Ezra 3:2, Haggai 1:1 and Matthew 1:12 call Zerubbabel "son of Shealtiel"; 1 Chronicles 3:19 makes him son of Pedaiah, Shealtiel's brother. Proposals: a levirate marriage, adoption, "son" meaning heir, or a different tradition. All library texts read Pedaiah here; some Greek manuscripts are reported to read Shealtiel. See the passage page.

Dating Chronicles

Counting the generations after Zerubbabel (c. 520 BC) brings the list to roughly 400 BC or later, one reason most scholars date Chronicles to the 4th century BC. The Greek and some readings make the list longer, which changes the count.

Bath-shua

Bathsheba is called Bath-shua, daughter of Ammiel (Eliam in 2 Samuel 11:3), with letters exchanged; Uriah is not mentioned.