David’s and Solomon’s Descendants: 3:1–9   We finally come to the long-awaited focus of this particular Judahite genealogy, David’s and Solomon’s descendants.

With the mention of Hebron and Jerusalem, the presentation of the descendants of David simultaneously becomes a short overview of the phases in his reign. He first established his kingship from Hebron and later moved his capital to Jerusalem, which he captured from the Jebusites (see 11:4). For seven years and six months he reigned in Hebron, and in Jerusalem for thirty-three years. This information correlates with 2 Samuel 5:5 except for one slight difference: there David’s territory is called “all Israel and Judah.”

The six sons who were born to him in Hebron are listed in 3:1b–3. All six had different mothers. The Chronicler found t…