
Text -- 1 Chronicles 3:15 (NET)




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Wesley -> 1Ch 3:15
JFB: 1Ch 3:15 - -- Called the son of Josiah (compare Jer 1:3; Jer 37:1), but in 2Ch 36:19 he is described as the brother of Jehoiachin, who was the son of Jehoiakim, and...

JFB: 1Ch 3:15 - -- No king of this name is mentioned in the history of Josiah's sons (2Ki. 14:1-29; 2Ki. 23:1-37), but there is a notice of Shallum the son of Josiah (Je...
No king of this name is mentioned in the history of Josiah's sons (2Ki. 14:1-29; 2Ki. 23:1-37), but there is a notice of Shallum the son of Josiah (Jer 22:11), who reigned in the stead of his father, and who is generally supposed to be Jehoahaz, a younger son, here called the fourth, of Josiah.

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Barnes -> 1Ch 3:15
Barnes: 1Ch 3:15 - -- Of the sons of Josiah, Johanan, "the first-born,"who is mentioned in this place only, must, it would seem, have died before his father, or with him ...
Of the sons of Josiah, Johanan, "the first-born,"who is mentioned in this place only, must, it would seem, have died before his father, or with him at Megiddo; and Shallum (also called Jehoahaz, marginal note and reference) was considerably older than Zedekiah, and was consequently the third, and not the fourth, son. He is perhaps assigned the fourth place here by way of intentional degradation. Compare Jer 22:10-12; Eze 19:3-4.
Poole -> 1Ch 3:15
Poole: 1Ch 3:15 - -- Of whom, at least under that name, there is no mention in thee history of the reign of Josiah’ s sons, 2Ki 23 2Ki 24 . But in Jer 22:11 , there...
Of whom, at least under that name, there is no mention in thee history of the reign of Josiah’ s sons, 2Ki 23 2Ki 24 . But in Jer 22:11 , there is mention of Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father; which most conceive to be the same who is otherwise called Jehoahaz, 2Ki 23 . And this seems most probable,
1. From that phrase, he reigned instead of Josiah ; which implies that he immediately succeeded his father; otherwise he would have been said to have reigned instead of his brother, as Zedekiah is said to reign instead of Jehoiachin, 2Ki 24:17 , because he was his next successor.
2. From the order of that sermon or discourse of Jeremiah, which was directed to Zedekiah, and his servants, and people, as appears by Jer 21:1,2,11 22:1,2 , whom he admonisheth by the examples of the kings his predecessors, and of the sentence of God concerning each of them, and that in order as they reigned:
1. Of Shallum, 1Ch 3:11 , &c.
2. Of Jehoiakim, 1Ch 3:18 , &c.
3. Of Jeconiah, 1Ch 3:24 , &c. Therefore Shallum is the same with Jehoahaz, who was the first king after Josiah, 2Ki 23:30 .
4. From the nature of that prophecy, Jer 22:11,12 , which best agrees to Jehoahaz, who was carried captive not so far as Babylon, but only to Egypt, a very near country whence the people hoped that he would speedily and easily return, or be re-established in his throne by the king of Egypt, in opposition to the king of Babylon.
5. Because Jehoahaz was one of Josiah’ s younger sons, as appears by comparing 2Ki 23:31,36 . And this Shallum is here called his fourth son.
Haydock -> 1Ch 3:15
Haydock: 1Ch 3:15 - -- Johanan, who is not mentioned in 4 Kings xxiii., and xxiv. Some think that he died young, (Tostat) or in battle with his father, against Pharao. (P...
Johanan, who is not mentioned in 4 Kings xxiii., and xxiv. Some think that he died young, (Tostat) or in battle with his father, against Pharao. (Pradus.) ---
Joakim, or Eliacim, possessed the throne after Joachaz, or Sellum, (Calmet) which name signifies "confusion," and was given to all the sons of Josias. (St. Jerome) ---
Then came Joachin and Sedecias, whose proper name was Matthanias. (Haydock) ---
Joakim is passes over by St. Matthew. (St. Jerome, ibid.)
Gill -> 1Ch 3:15
Gill: 1Ch 3:15 - -- And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan,.... Of whom we nowhere else read; he probably died before his father Josiah:
the second Jehoiak...
And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan,.... Of whom we nowhere else read; he probably died before his father Josiah:
the second Jehoiakim: whose name was Eliakim, changed for the former by the king of Egypt, when, he deposed his younger brother, and set him on the throne, 2Ki 23:24.
the third Zedekiah; whose name was Mattaniah, but changed by the king of Babylon, when he placed him on the throne in the room of his brother's son, 2Ki 24:17,
the fourth Shallum: the same with Jehoahaz, who was first made king in the room of his father; but reigning so short a time, and making so mean a figure, is mentioned last, see Jer 22:11.

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