What Does 1 Chronicles 3:12 Mean in the King James?

Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,

1 Chronicles 3:12 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

This line carries a confession inside its names: Yah strengthens, Yah helps, and Yah is whole.

THE MEANING

These names speak now of strength, help, and wholeness held within Yah’s nature. Each person is named in relation to another, “his son”, while the names themselves carry those claims through the line.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

These are only labels in a bare genealogy; each name carries a compact claim about Yah’s strength, help, or wholeness.

THE ROOT

עֲזַרְיָה

ʿAzaryah

GROWS FROM

עזר

ʿ-z-r

Help, aid, or support

Azariah joins the root for help with Yah’s name: the name is commonly understood as “Yah helps.” English leaves that claim tucked inside a proper name, while the same root appears plainly in words for help and helper.

ALSO GROWS

ʿāzar: To help or support

עָזַר

This verb makes the action embedded in Azariah’s name explicit.

ʿēzer: Help or helper

עֵזֶר

This noun shows that the root names both the act of helping and the help itself.

אֲמַצְיָה

ʾAmatsyah

GROWS FROM

אמץ

ʾ-m-ts

Be strong; strengthen

Amaziah is commonly understood as “Yah has strengthened” or “Yah’s strength.” The name places strength alongside Yah rather than leaving it as an isolated quality.

ALSO GROWS

ʾāmaṣ: To be strong or strengthen

אָמַץ

The verb gives the action carried by the name: strength taking hold.

ʾōmeṣ: Strength or courage

אֹמֶץ

This noun shows the same root describing strength as a quality.

יוֹתָם

Yōtām

GROWS FROM

תמם

t-m-m

Be complete or whole

Jotham is commonly understood as “Yah is complete” or “Yah is whole.” The name closes this sequence with wholeness, echoing the root in Hebrew words for completeness and integrity.

ALSO GROWS

tām: Complete, whole, or sound

תָּם

This form shows the root’s sense of wholeness within the name’s meaning.

tāmīm: Complete, whole, or blameless

תָּמִים

This branch carries the same root’s sense of integrity, adding depth to Jotham’s name.

THE PATTERN

A name can carry a person’s nature or calling inside the story, so naming itself can disclose meaning.

And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

Exodus 2:10 · KJVMoses’ name is tied directly to being drawn out of the water, making the name part of the story’s meaning.

Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

Genesis 17:5 · KJVAbraham’s new name carries the nature and calling declared in the verse: father of many nations.

And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

Matthew 1:21 · KJVYeshua’s name carries deliverance, joined here to the purpose named in the verse.

THE THREAD

My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

Psalm 121:2 · KJV

Azariah contains the root ⁨עזר⁩ (ʿ-z-r), the same root behind “help” in this verse. Psalm 121:2 lets the name’s hidden claim be heard plainly: help comes from the LORD.

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