Passage

1 Chronicles 3.5

Book: 1 Chronicles · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV

3. the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife: 4. six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years;

5. and these were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel;

and Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, 7. and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, (1 Chronicles 3:3-7, ASV)

WEB

3. the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife: 4. six were born to him in Hebron; and he reigned there seven years and six months. He reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem;

5. and these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel;

and Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet, 7. Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, (1 Chronicles 3:3-7, WEB)

KJV

3. The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife. 4. These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.

5. And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel: ^{Shimea: or, Shammua 2.Sam.5.14.} ^{Bathshua: or, Bathsheba 2Sam.11.13.} ^{Ammiel: or, Eliam 2.Sam.11.3.}

Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, ^{Elishama: or, Elishua 2Sa.5.15.} 7. And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, (1 Chronicles 3:3-7, KJV)

YLT

3. the fifth Shephatiah, of Abital; the sixth Ithream, of Eglah his wife. 4. Six have been borne to him in Hebron, and he reigneth there seven years and six months, and thirty and three years he hath reigned in Jerusalem.

5. And these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-Sheba daughter of Ammiel:

also Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, 7. and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, (1 Chronicles 3:3-7, YLT)

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Setting

Speaker: narrator (the Chronicler), in the genealogy of David's sons
Audience: the restored community in the Persian province of Yehud, rebuilding around temple and priesthood with no king of their own
Location: Jerusalem
Time period: genealogical material reaching from Adam to the returnees, compiled after the return from Babylon, commonly placed c. 400 BC

Theological reading

A quiet verse with two significant details. Bath-shua daughter of Ammiel is Bathsheba daughter of Eliam of 2 Samuel 11:3, the same person under variant forms of both names. The Chronicler names her plainly as the mother of four sons including Solomon, while omitting the adultery and the killing of Uriah entirely. He is not concealing it; his audience had Samuel. His subject is the temple and the line that builds it, and David appears in the role of its founder.

The second detail is Nathan. Luke's genealogy traces Jesus through Nathan (Luke 3:31) rather than through Solomon as Matthew does (Matthew 1:6-7). Whatever account is given of the two genealogies, this verse is where both sons are listed as full brothers of the same mother, which is the textual basis any harmonization has to work from._

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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