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From Jeconiah to Anani
v. 17. And the sons of Jeconiah, whom Evil-merodach elevated from his position of dishonor, 2Ki_25:27-30; Assir, the captive, the word modifying Jeconiah, Salathiel (or Sealthiel), his son,
v. 18. Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
v. 19. And the sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei; and the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith, their sister;
v. 20. and Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five.
v. 21. And the sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah and Jesaiah; the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah;
v. 22. and the sons of Shechaniah: Shemaiah; and the sons of Shemaiah: Hatush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
v. 23. And the sons of Neariah: Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three.
v. 24. And the sons of Elioenai were Hodaiah, and Eliashib and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven. Although this list offers various difficulties, some of which we are not able to solve in the absence of further authentic records, it is clear that the family of David was continued through the exile, and the great number of Zerubbabel's sons at once suggests that one of these was the ancestor of the line from which Mary and therefore Jesus sprang, according to the genealogical lists in Matthew 1 and Luke 3.