Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 3:21
And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.
21. and Jesaiah Shechaniah ] The LXX. reads (with some blunders hi reproducing the names), “and Jesaiah his son, Rephaiah his son, Arnan his son, Obadiah his son, Shechaniah his son,” thus adding five steps to the genealogy. The difference of reading in the Heb. text thus suggested is very slight. Probably the LXX. is to be followed.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
All these men, both parents and their sons here blended together, are mentioned as the sons of Hananiah, and branches of the royal stock.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
[See comments on 1Ch 3:19].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(21) And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah.Heb., son; but some MSS. and all the versions read sons. Pelatiah means Iah is deliverance. Jesaiah is the same name as Isaiah, meaning Iah is salvation.
The sons of Rephaiah.The ancient versions represent here an important various reading. The LXX. have rendered the whole verse thus: And sons of Anania; Phalettia, and Jesias his son, Raphal his son, Orna his son, Abdia his son (Sechenias his son.) The Syriac reads: Sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah and Ushaiah. Arphaia his son, Arnun his son, Ubia his sonviz., Ushaias; and his son, viz., Shechaniahs Shemaiah, &c. The difference between sons and his son in Hebrew writing is simply that between y and w. (See Note on 1 Chronicles 1)
This various reading presents a form of genealogy like that which prevails in 1Ch. 3:10-16, and occurs also in 1Ch. 3:17, at the beginning of the present section. But it is probable that this reading is really an ancient correction of the Hebrew text, which, as it stands, appears to leave undefined the relation between Hananiah and the four families mentioned in this verse. The truth, however, would seem to be that the expression the sons of Hananiah includes not only Pelatiah and Jesaiah, but also the four families named after Rephaiah, Arnan, Obadiah, and Shechaniah (comp. 1Ch. 2:42, and Note). The four founders of these families were perhaps brothers of Pelatiah and Jesaiah, though not necessarily so; for these families may have been subdivisions of those of Pelatiah and Jesaiah.
Rephaiah.Iah healeth (Isa. 30:26; Exo. 15:26). See Note on 1Ch. 3:20.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
1Ch 3:21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.
Ver. 21. And the sons of Hananiah. ] It is thought that these were the families of the blood royal, after the captivity. And some do here hence gather, that these Books of Chronicles were last written of all the Old Testament: by the Hebrews they are placed last.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Neh 10:22
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ch 3:21-22. The sons of Shechaniah All these, both parents and their sons blended together, are mentioned as the sons of Hananiah, and branches of the royal stock. Six Including the father. But the Hebrew word, shisha, which is rendered six, may be the proper name of one of the sons of Shemaiah. As the family of David was the most considerable of any of the tribe of Judah, the genealogy of his descendants was preserved with great care and exactness; and is here recorded in part, to assist us in tracing the descent of our Lord Jesus Christ from him, that we might have that proof, among others, of his being the true Messiah.