What Does 1 Chronicles 3:17 Mean in the King James?
And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,
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
In this genealogy, “captive” and “I have asked God” stand beside each other while the father-son line continues.
THE MEANING
The line names captivity without making captivity the whole identity: beside Assir, Salathiel carries the meaning “I have asked God.” The words “his son” keep relationship and continuation visible in the same record, even where confinement is named.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The verse undoes the belief that captivity erases a person’s belonging or place in a continuing line.
THE ROOT
אַסִּר
ʾassîr
GROWS FROM
אסר
Bind, tie up, restrain.
Assir means “captive” and may be read as a name or as a description of Jeconiah. The root holds together the act of binding and the person bound, so confinement is named without erasing the father-son relation that follows.
ALSO GROWS
ʾāsar: Bind, tie up.
אָסַר
The verb names the force of confinement carried in “captive.”
ʾāsîr: Prisoner, captive.
אָסִיר
This branch names the person living under the binding, making Assir’s label more than a bare name.
ʾāsûr: Bound; forbidden.
אָסוּר
The same root can describe both being bound and what is held back.
שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל
She’altiel
GROWS FROM
שאל
Ask, request.
“Salathiel” in this verse is She’altiel. Shealtiel carries the sense “I have asked God,” joining the root for asking with אֵל (ʾēl), “God.” Beside the name meaning “captive,” it places an appeal addressed to God within the same continuing line.
ALSO GROWS
sha’al: Ask, request.
שָׁאַל
This is the verb at the heart of Salathiel’s name.
she’elah: A question, request.
שְׁאֵלָה
The root also names what is asked, not only the act of asking.
Sha’ul: Asked for, requested.
שָׁאוּל
This name shares the asking root and shows how an appeal can become part of a person’s name.
יְכָנְיָה
Yekonyah
GROWS FROM
כון
Be firm, establish.
Jeconiah carries the name-nature “YHWH establishes.” Beside “captive,” it keeps the language of establishing present in the same line that bears confinement.
ALSO GROWS
konen: Establish, prepare.
כּוֹנֵן
This verb gives a direct form of the root’s sense of setting something firm.
makhon: A place, base, or foundation.
מָכוֹן
The root also describes what is established as a place to stand.
THE PATTERN
A condition of confinement or loss can be named without becoming the end of what continues.
And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.Where in I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.THE THREAD
Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.Salathiel contains the Hebrew root שאל (sha’al), “ask,” and Hannah’s words “I have asked” use that same root. The connection lets the name read as an appeal carried within the family line.
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