1 Chronicles 3 — Overview

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This chapter gives an account of the sons of David, born to him both in Hebron and in Jerusalem, 1Ch 3:1, and of his successors in the kingdom, to the Babylonish captivity, 1Ch 3:10, and of his family, to the coming of the Messiah, 1Ch 3:17.

Ver. 1-4 Now these were the sons of David,....

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