1 Chronicles 3:18

Study note

Setting — The chronicler records a genealogical list of Jeconiah’s sons at the moment of documenting the royal line’s continuation into exile.

The words — Malkiram (u./mal.ki.Ram) = and/ Malkiram and Pedaiah (u./fe.da.Yah) = and/ Pedaiah. The Hebrew conjunction waw (u/ve) strings each name to the preceding one, structuring the verse as a continuous sequence.

The thread — The names appear in the supplied context bridging Jeconiah’s captive line to Pedaiah and Zerubbabel in 1 Chronicles 3:17 and 1 Chronicles 3:19.

Why it lands — The text demands recognition of an unbroken royal lineage through captivity, tracing Jeconiah’s descendants directly to the post-exilic leadership without editorial commentary.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.