Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
Malchiram also. As far as Jeconiah, everything is plain; but there is reason to suspect that the text in the subsequent verses has been dislocated and disarranged. The object of the sacred historian is to trace the royal line through Zerubbabel, yet, according to the present reading, the genealogical stem cannot be drawn from Jeconiah downward. The following arrangement of the text is given as removing all difficulty (Davidson's 'Hermeneutics'): 1 Chronicles 3:17. And the sons of Jeconiah the captive; Salathiel (asked of God) (Shealtiel, Ezra 3:2; Nehemiah 12:1; Haggai 1:12; Haggai 1:14; Haggai 2:2) his son: 1 Chronicles 3:18. And the sons of Salathiel; Zerubbabel (sown,
i.e., begotten, in Babylon-who was the direct son of Pedaiah; but omitting several intermediate links, is called the son of Salathiel Matthew 1:12), and Shimei (renowned): and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam (friend - i:e., of God), Hananiah (graciously given of God), and Shelomith (pacific) their sister. 1 Chronicles 3:19. And Hashubah (esteemed), and Ohel, and Berechiah (blessed of Yahweh), and Hasadiah (beloved of God), Jushab hezed (whose love is returned).