Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Chronicles 3:20

"and Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five." — 1 Chronicles 3:20 (ASV)

These five sons form a second group of Zerubbabel’s children, probably by another wife. The conjunctive v seems to have been omitted before the last name, Jushab-hesed.

The names of the last kings (Shallum, recompense; Zedekiah, Iah is righteousness) were parables of the judgment that would come to pass in Judah. (Compare Isaiah 10:22: “A consumption is doomed, overflowing with righteousness.”)

The names of Zerubbabel’s relatives and sons indicate the religious hopefulness of his people at the dawn of the restoration. His father is Pedaiah (Iah redeems) ; his son Meshullam (devoted to God) recalls Isaiah 42:19, where the pious remnant of Israel is so designated. The name Ohel, “tent,” is probably an abbreviation of Oholiah or Oholiab, and refers to the sacred dwelling of Jehovah, which was a tent for ages. (Ezekiel 37:27.)

Jushab-hesed (mercy will be restored) is a prophecy of faith in Him who in wrath remembers mercy (Habakkuk 3:2).