The sons of Judah— Judah is here placed first, for nearly the same reasons as those assigned in the note on the first verse of the former chapter. The Saviour of the world, the seed of the woman, was ordained to descend from him.
Related Commentaries of 1 Chronicles 2:3
1 Chronicles 2:3
3 The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.