1 Chronicles 3:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

The sons of Jeconiah, Assir The word אסר, Assir, means captive, or prisoner, and does not appear to be a person's name here, but to be added to signify that Jeconiah begat his son Salathiel when he was a captive in Babylon, according to Matthew 1:12.

1 Chronicles 3:17

17 And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathielj his son,