1 Chronicles 3:24 Meaning and Explanation
“And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.”
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Read Full Chapter →The chapter ends with the seven sons of Elioenai, the last named generation of David's line in this record.
What Does 1 Chronicles 3:24 Mean?
With these seven names the genealogy of David's house comes to rest, many generations after the kings, in the long quiet of the years after the return. The list ends not with a throne or a crown but with ordinary descendants in their land.
Yet the open end of the line points beyond itself. This was a family still carrying a promise not yet fulfilled, a story awaiting its true conclusion. From this preserved and patient house, in the fullness of time, would come Jesus, the Son of David, in whom every name in this chapter finds its purpose and its hope.
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What does 1 Chronicles 3:24 mean?
The chapter ends with the seven sons of Elioenai, the last named generation of David's line in this record.