What Does 1 Chronicles 6:45 Mean in the King James?

The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,

1 Chronicles 6:45 · 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 repeated “son of” makes this lineage a chain of names whose meanings move from divine regard, through strength, to belonging.

THE MEANING

This line reaches you through three names: Hashabiah, Amaziah, and Hilkiah. Their meanings carry the language of being considered, strengthened, and having Yahweh as one’s portion, so identity here travels through a named lineage.

THE ROOT

חֲשַׁבְיָה

Hashavyah

GROWS FROM

חשב

⁨חשב⁩ (chashav) means to think, reckon, or devise; Hashabiah is commonly understood as “Yahweh has considered.”

“Hashabiah” in this verse is Hashavyah. The name carries thought and regard inside a line that could otherwise read as bare ancestry. Its root opens the genealogy as a chain of considered names, not merely a list of descendants.

ALSO GROWS

machashavah: thought, plan

מַחֲשָׁבָה

This noun grows from ⁨חשב⁩ (chashav), showing the root’s movement from considering to what is held in thought.

cheshbon: account, reckoning

חֶשְׁבּוֹן

This branch shows the same root measuring or taking account, echoing the idea of being regarded.

אֲמַצְיָה

Amatsyah

GROWS FROM

אמץ

⁨אמץ⁩ (amats) means to be strong or make strong; Amaziah is commonly understood as “Yahweh has strengthened.”

“Amaziah” in this verse is Amatsyah. The middle name places strength between being considered and having a portion. The root can describe strength received or made firm, so the name gives the lineage a quality of resilience.

ALSO GROWS

amats: be strong, prevail

אָמַץ

This verb names the strength carried in Amaziah’s name.

immets: strengthen, make firm

אִמֵּץ

This form shows the root as strength being imparted, which fits the name’s sense of being strengthened.

חִלְקִיָּהוּ

Chilqiyahu

GROWS FROM

חלק

⁨חלק⁩ (chalaq) means to divide or apportion; Hilkiah means “portion of Yahweh.”

“Hilkiah” in this verse is Chilqiyahu. The line ends with a name that speaks of portion and belonging. The root links a portion to what is allotted, letting the final name complete the chain with the image of a received share.

ALSO GROWS

cheleq: portion, share

חֵלֶק

This noun is the central image within Hilkiah’s name: a share belonging to Yahweh.

chalaq: divide, apportion

חָלַק

The verb reveals how a portion comes to be marked out or assigned.

THE PATTERN

Identity and meaning travel through linked generations rather than appearing self-contained.

And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

Genesis 5:3 · KJVSeth is named within a line of likeness and descent, making identity something carried from one generation into another.

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

Matthew 1:1 · KJVThe opening names Jesus through the generations that precede him, presenting lineage as part of the meaning carried by a name.

And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

2 Timothy 2:2 · KJVWhat is received passes through one person to others, then onward again, showing how a living inheritance continues across generations.

THE THREAD

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Jeremiah 29:11 · KJV

The name Hashabiah carries ⁨חשב⁩ (chashav, “think, reckon, devise”), the root behind “thoughts” and “think” here. The shared root opens the genealogy’s first name as language of divine consideration, while the verse’s “peace” carries the sense of wholeness.

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