1 Chronicles 3:10

“HIS LINE TO ZEDEKIAH. (Ch1 3:10-16) Solomon's son was Rehoboam, &c.--David's line is here drawn down to the captivity, through a succession of good and bad, but still influential and celebrated, monarchs. It has rarely happened that a crown has been transmitted from father to son, in lineal descent, for seventeen reigns. But this was the promised reward of David's piety. There is, indeed, observable some vacillation towards the close of this period--the crown passing from one brother to another, an even from uncle to nephew--a sure sign of disorderly times and a disjointed government.”

“Abia - Rather, “Abijah,” as in 2 Chr. 11–14, where the Hebrew word is exactly the same. return to 'Top of Page'”

“3:10-16 The Chronicler lists the kings of Judah in father-to-son progression from Solomon to the Exile.”

“Rehoboam: Kg1 11:43, Kg1 14:31, Kg1 15:6; Mat 1:7, Roboam Abia: Kg1 15:1, Abijam, Ch2 13:1, Abijah Asa: Kg1 15:8; Ch2 14:1 Jehoshaphat: Kg1 15:24; Ch2 17:1; Mat 1:8, Josaphat 1 Chronicles 3:11”

“The kings of the house of David from Solomon till the exile. - Until Josiah the individual kings are mentioned in their order, each with the addition בּנו, son of the preceding, Ch1 3:10-14; the only omission being that of the usurper Athaliah, because she did not belong to the posterity of David. But in Ch1 3:15 four sons of Josiah are mentioned, not "in order to allow of a halt in the long line of David's descendants after Josiah the great reformer" (Berth.), but because with Josiah the regular succession to the throne in the house of David ceased. For the younger son Jehoahaz, who was made king after his father's death by the people, was soon dethroned by Pharaoh-Necho, and led away…”