What Does 1 Chronicles 3:2 Mean in the King James?

The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:

1 Chronicles 3:2 · 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

The third son’s name joins father to shalom, wholeness, so even this brief family record carries wholeness inside a name.

THE MEANING

You encounter each son by his place in the sequence and by his family ties: Absalom is third, linked to Maachah and her father Talmai; Adonijah is fourth, linked to Haggith. The verse holds a person’s name, parentage, and place in a line together.

THE ROOT

אַבְשָׁלוֹם

Avshalom

GROWS FROM

שׁלם

To be whole or complete; shalom carries the sense of wholeness and well-being.

“Absalom” in this verse is Avshalom. Avshalom joins av, “father,” with shalom, “wholeness.” The root also appears in words for being whole or complete, so the family name holds an image of wholeness within the line.

ALSO GROWS

shalom: Wholeness, well-being

שָׁלוֹם

This is the second element of Absalom’s name, joining the family relation “father” to wholeness.

shalem: Whole, complete

שָׁלֵם

This branch makes the root’s sense of wholeness concrete: shalom in the name belongs to a family of words for what is complete.

THE PATTERN

Scripture records people through names and relationships, placing each life within a line of belonging.

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

Genesis 5:1 · KJVThe verse opens a named genealogy by linking Adam’s generations to their beginning.

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Matthew 1:1 · KJVThis opening binds a name to the family line that precedes it.

THE THREAD

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

Psalm 122:6 · KJV

Absalom’s name carries shalom, “wholeness,” while this verse names shalom as the peace of Jerusalem. The shared root opens the family name into a wider image of wholeness held and sought in common.

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