1 Chronicles 3:21

Study note

Setting — This verse functions as a formal genealogical entry within 1 Chronicles 3, recording the offspring of Hananiah in a post-exilic family register. It follows a list of Zerubbabel’s descendants and precedes the record of Shecaniah’s line.

The words — The text employs בֶּן (ben, "descendant/son") and בְּנֵי (benei, "sons of") to structure the succession. The anchor name חֲנַנְיָה (Chananiah, "Yahweh has favored") designates the patriarch of this specific branch.

The thread — The name Pelatiah reappears in Nehemiah 10:22 among those who affixed their seal to the covenant. The same familial data circulates through post-exilic administrative and religious records.

Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to acknowledge that covenant continuity is preserved through documented earthly generations. It demands acceptance that divine promise operates through unbroken, recorded lineage rather than abstract theology.

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.