Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 3:16
And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
16. Jeconiah ] This name is sometimes shortened to Coniah (Jer 22:14) and written (with a slight change of meaning) Jehoiachin (2Ch 36:8-9; 2Ki 24:6 ff.).
Zedekiah his son ] Zedekiah was heir, not son, to Jeconiah, whom he succeeded in the kingdom. His relationship to Jeconiah was that of uncle.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 16. Zedekiah his son.] If this be the same who was the last king of Judah, before the captivity, the word son must be taken here to signify successor; for it is certain that Zedekiah was the successor of Jeconiah, and that Zedekiah was the son of Josiah, and not of Jehoiakim.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Not his natural son, for he was his uncle, 2Ki 24:17; but his legal son, or his successor, upon whom the sons right was devolved by virtue of that law, Num 27:8-10, and therefore it is not strange if he have the name of
son with it. See Poole “Luk 3:1“. Or this was another Zedekiah; because it is improbable, and without example, that one and the same man should be twice mentioned in the same genealogy as the son of two several parents.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And the sons of Jehoiakim; Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. This is not the Zedekiah mentioned in the preceding verse; for he was not the son but the uncle of Jeconiah, unless he should be called his son because he succeeded him in the kingdom; but he seems to be another of that name, nowhere else mentioned, and not the son of Jeconiah in any sense; he is not reckoned among them in the following verses, but of Jehoiakim.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(16) Jeconiah (Iah establish !)= Jehoiachin (Iahweh establisheth) = Coniah (Jer. 22:24; Jer. 22:28an abbreviation of Jeconiah), was carried captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar (2Ki. 24:15), and Zedekiah his fathers brother, became king in his stead. Hence the supposition that Zedekiah his son means Zedekiah his successor on the throne. (Comp. margin.) But (1) the phrase his son has its natural sense throughout the preceding list; and (2) there really is nothing against the apparent statement of the text that Jeconiah the king had a son named Zedekiah, after his great-uncle. As, like Johanan (1Ch. 3:15), he did not come to the throne, this younger Zedekiah is not mentioned elsewhere. (See 1Ch. 3:17, Note.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
1Ch 3:16 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
Ver. 16. Zedekiah his son. ] Not his natural son, as being his uncle, but his legal son, that is, his successor.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Jeconiah. Called also Jehoiachin (2Ki 24:6), and Coniah (Jer 22:24, Jer 22:28). Compare 2Ch 36:9. 2Ki 24:8.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Jeconiah: 2Ki 24:6, 2Ki 24:8, 2Ki 25:27, 2Ch 36:9, Jehoiachin, Jer 22:24, Jer 22:28, Coniah, Mat 1:11, Jechonias
Zedekiah: As the sons of Jeconiah are enumerated in the succeeding verse, and as Zedekiah is no where else mentioned as the son of Jeconiah, but as the son of Josiah, it is highly probable that son here means successor. 1Ch 3:15, 2Ki 24:17, being his uncle
Reciprocal: 2Ch 36:8 – Jehoiachin 2Ch 36:10 – Zedekiah Jer 22:30 – Write Jer 37:1 – Coniah
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ch 3:16. Zedekiah his son This was another Zedekiah. How seldom has a crown gone in a direct line, from father to son, as it did here, for seventeen generations! This was the recompense of Davids piety. About the captivity, the lineal descent was interrupted, and the crown went from a nephew to an uncle, a presage of the glorys departing from that house.