=6.= _Elishama_] in xiv. 5 and 2 Samuel v. 15 _Elishua_, no doubt the right reading, for otherwise (compare verse 8) we have two sons of David named _Elishama_. _Eliphelet_] in xiv. 5 _Elpelet_. _Eliphelet_ cannot be right, for it occurs again as the name of the thirteenth son in verse 8. _Elpelet_ may be right here and _Eliphelet_ in verse 8, for according to Hebrew custom two brothers might bear names of similar sound and significance. But both Eliphelet and Nogah, the following word, are lacking in 2 Samuel v. 15; and are probably only textual errors due to dittography. ⁸and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. ⁹All these were the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister. =8.= _Eliada_] so in 2 Samuel v. 16, but in 1 Chronicles xiv. 7 _Beeliada_ (i.e. Baaliada, “The Lord――the Baal――knows”). This seems to have been changed to _Eliada_ (i.e. God knows), when the title _Baal_ had come to have only heathen associations, and was accordingly repudiated by the Jews: see the note on viii. 33. =10‒16.= THE LINE OF DAVIDIC KINGS. ¹⁰And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son; ¹¹Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son; Two things are to be noted in this list: (1) Johanan’s name is given in verse 15, though he was never king, (2) Zedekiah’s name appears to be _twice_ given, once among the sons of Josiah (verse 15) and again in his place according to the succession (verse 16). =10.= _Abijah_] called _Abijam_ in 1 Kings xiv. 31, xv. 1 ff. _Abia_ is the Greek form of the name; Matthew i. 7 (Authorized Version). ¹²Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son; ¹³Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son; ¹⁴Amon his son, Josiah his son. =12.= _Azariah_] This king is usually called _Uzziah_, compare Isaiah vi. 1; see note on 2 Chronicles xxvi. 1. ¹⁵And the sons of Josiah; the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. =15.= _the firstborn Johanan_] This son of Josiah never came to the throne, nor is anything known of him except from this passage. _Zedekiah_] Though reckoned third here, he was younger than Shallum (= _Jehoahaz_); compare 2 Chronicles xxxvi. 2 (= 2 Kings xxiii. 31) with 2 Chronicles xxxvi. 11 (= 2 Kings xxiv. 18). _Shallum_] To be identified with _Jehoahaz_; compare 2 Chronicles xxxvi. 1 with Jeremiah xxii. 11. ¹⁶And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. =16.= _Jeconiah_] This name is sometimes shortened to _Coniah_ (Jeremiah xxii. 24) and written (with a slight change of meaning) _Jehoiachin_ (2 Chronicles xxxvi. 8, 9; 2 Kings xxiv. 6 ff.). _Zedekiah his son_] Zedekiah was heir, not son, to Jeconiah, whom he succeeded in the kingdom. His relationship to Jeconiah was that of uncle. =17‒19a.= THE DAVIDIC LINE FROM JECONIAH TO ZERUBBABEL.