Jerimoth, f. Mahalath wife of king Rehoboam is mentioned as a 8. David (2 Ch 1118) (le note) (18 note). Since he dues not appear elsewhere, he is thought to have been s. a concubine, unless Jerimoth (niDI') is a corruption of Ithream (D'j^n').
Besides the line of Solomon (18), descendants of I>a\id are given in the line of the ancestry of Joseph f. Christ traced back to Nathan (Lk S^^'-^i), see Gknk.alocv of Cihust; and in Maacah d. (evidently grand d.) of Ahsaloin (1 K 1.'.2, 2 Ch 1 V^'^). Since Absalom's ss. must have die«i without posterity (2 S 14-'7, 18'^), her mother probably was Tunuir d. Absalom and father Uriel of Gibeah (2 Ch 132). she was a wife of king Rehoboam and m. of king Abijam (see (18) note).
18. Solomoo (17): Rehoboam, Ahijah, Asa, Jehosh- aphat, Joram, A/iaziah, Joash, Amazlah, Aza- riah, Jothani, Ahaz, Hezckiah, Manassch, Anion, Josiah, Johanan, Jehoiakim (19), Zedekiah, Siial- lum,§ 1 Ch 3»"-i«.
Of these ss. Josiah (1 Ch 315) Johanan is mentioned uowhere else. It looks as though he were designed to bUind for Jehoahaz, Josiah's immediate successor (2 K 23'*0), who was followed by Jehoiakim (2 K 23^^), and the latter, after the 3 months' reign of his son Jeconiah, by his brother Zedekiah (2 K 24'^). Jehoiakim, however, was older than Jehoahaz (2 K 23^1- 3*5), while Zedekiah was much younger than either of them, and Shallum was another name for Jehoahaz (Jer 22ii). Hence their order of birth is incorrectly given (1 Ch 3i-^'), and jtrobably the writer made the further mistake, after identifying Johanan with Jehoahaz, of taking Shallum for another son ; although it is possible that the eldest s. Josiah was a Johanan who may have died before hie father, or with him at the battle of Megiddo.
To (18), which represents the kings of Judah in order of succession from Solomon to Josiah inclusive, the followinif genealogical particulars may be added : —
(rt) Mothers of Kings. — Of Rehoboam, Naamah the Ammon- itess (IK 1421-31, 2Chl2i3); of AbijahJI Maacah d. Absalom (1 K 15-;, 2 Ch 1120). In 2 Ch 132 ghe is called Mic*iiah d. Uriel of Gibeah, hence, as the intervening time requires, she was a grand d., at least, of Absalom (see (17) note); of Asa— no mother is given, only grandmother Maacab (1 K l.'jio, 2Ch loh*); of Jebnshaphat, Azubah d. Shilhi (1 K 22-»2, 2 Ch 2031) ; of Joram,
" " 2Ch 222);
Amaziah,
Athaliah d. (grand d.) Omri. king of Israel (2 K 828,' 2 of Joash, Zibiah of Beersheba (2 K 121, 2 Ch 241); of .
• Salmon, Ru 420f..
t Elihu is mentioned as a brother of David, 1 Oh 2718 KI
readiii Eliab.
I Shammah, 1 S 169 ; Shimeah, 2 S 133.
§ 2 K 283'^ Jehoahaz, cf. Jer 2211 ; but see note above
II Abijam, 1 K 15-.
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Jehoaddin,' ot Jerusalem (2 K 142, 2Ch 25i); of Azariah.f Jeco- liaht (-2 K 162, 2 Ch 2(f); (if Jotham, Jeruaha d. Zadok (2 K 1633, 2 Ch 271) ; of Aliaz, the nitae is not given ; of Hezekiah, Abil d. Zechariah (2 K 182, 2 Cli SBl); of ilanasseh, Hephzibah (2 K Zl'); of Amon, Meshullemeth d. Haruz of Jotbah (2 K 2119) ; of Josiah, Jedidah d. Adai.th of Bozkath (2 K 221) ; of Jehoahaz and Zedekiah, Hamutal d. Jeremiali of Libnah (2 K 23^1); of Jehoiakim, Zul^iilali d. t'Miaiah of Kumah (2 K 'iS^) ; of Jeconiah (19), Nehuahta d. E]nat|-^M of Jerusalem ('? K 248).
{b) Additional Sons of Kings. — Of Rehoboam, (m. Mahalath or Abihail, see (10) note c) Jeush, Sheniariah, Zaham, (ra. Maacah) Altai, Ziza, Shelomith (2 Ch ll'l^ai); ot Jehoshaphat,— Azariah, Jehiel. Zechariati, Azariah (?), Michael, Shephatiah (2 Ch 212). Nothing further is known of these princes. For a d. Jorara, see Jbuosheba.
19. Jehoiakim (18): Jeconiah% (20), Zedekiah, 1 Ch 3'«.
Some hold this Zedekiah to be identical with fl. Josiah ^9), the Chronicler's error «r form of stati'ment having arisen because Z. was Jeconiah's successor on the throne (We. Prol. p. 218).
20. Jeconiah (19): Assir (RVm)? Shealtiel, Malchiram, Pedaiah (21), Shenazzar, Jekamiab, Hosharaa, Nedabiah, 1 Ch 3"- "*.
Assir as a proper name arose from a misunderstanding of the ■dj. 'assir ppN), meaning captive (see RVm and art. AssiR).
21. Pedaiah (20) : Zerabbabel (22), Shimei, 1 Ch SI*".
In Ejr 318 6>, Neh 121, Hag 11- 1»- "22.23, of. Mt 112, Lk 3", Zerubbabel (wh. see) is called the son of Shealtiel. Pedaiah probabl.v was his real father ; but Zerubbabel succeeding Sheal- tiel, of whom no sons are mentioned, a.s the head of the family of r>a\id or house of Judah, is called his son.
22. Zerubbabel (21) : Meshullam, Hananiah, d. Shelomith, Hasliubali, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, 1 Ch S'""- »>.
23. Hananiah (22) : Pelatiah, Jeshaiah, ss. Rephaiali, ss. Arnan, ss. Obadiah, ss. Shecaniah (24), 1 Ch 3^'.
This list haa b«en interpreted in two ways : (a) Hanaiuah was *iie father of six sons, whose names follow, before four of whom 'sons' was written because they were founders of distinguished families of the time of the writer (Be.); (b) From 'sons of Rephaiah' (213) to the end of the chapter is a genealogical fragment representing branches of the famil.v of David, whose connexion with Zerubbabel was unascertainable (Ke.) ; LXX, Vulg. and Syr. read instead of 'J3 * sons ' S33 ' his son,' and the penealogj- (23) (24), then, is as follows : Hananiah, Pelatiah^ Je^<haiak, Obfuliah, Shecaniah, Shnmiiah, Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, Shaphat. This is preferred by Ki. et al. and brings the descendants of David down to nine generations after ZerubbabeL