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Bible study · 1 Chronicles 3:1-24

1 Chronicles 3: Son after son

Read 1 Chronicles 3:1-24 before you meet.

In a few lines

1 Chronicles 3 doesn't stop at the captive king. After "Jeconiah, the captive" (3:17) it keeps naming David's line, through Zerubbabel (3:19) to the sons of Elioenai (3:24). Matthew's list of Jesus' ancestors names Jechoniah, Shealtiel and Zerubbabel too (Matthew 1:12), and runs on from "Zerubbabel became the father of Abiud" (Matthew 1:13) to Jesus (Matthew 1:16).

The verse to carry

“The sons of Jeconiah, the captive: Shealtiel his son,”

1 Chronicles 3:17

To talk about

  1. 1. Kings tells these men's stories, good and bad; this chapter keeps only their names, "his son" after "his son" (3:10-14). What do you most want to hand on to the people who come after you?

  2. 2. David's line ran through "Jeconiah, the captive" (3:17) and kept going (3:17-24). When have you seen God keep something going through a time that looked like the end?

  3. 3. This chapter and other books give some names differently (3:1, 3:5, 3:19), and the Bible leaves them side by side without explaining. How do you handle it when Scripture leaves a question open?

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