1 Chronicles 3:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Of Jeconiah; Assir, or, of Jeconiah the captive, or prisoner; which is added to show that he begat his son when he was captive in Babylon, as it is noted, Matthew 1:12, whither he was carried captive, 2 Kings 24:15. Object. It is said of this Jeconiah, Jeremiah 22:30. Write this man childless. Answ. So he is called, because he was an unhappy prince, and had no son that succeeded him in the throne, as the next words explain it. See more on that place. Salathiel his son; either his legal or his natural son; of which See Poole on "Jeremiah 22:30"; See Poole on "Matthew 1:12"; See Poole on "Luke 3:27".