These chapters trade some of the genealogies until the exile. The one thing that stands out to me is the descendants of Saul. 1 Chronicles only mentions the descendants through Meribaal, who was Jonathan's son. I assume this means that all of the other descendants of Saul were killed off.
Remember, there was that strange story about the descendants of Saul being executed to avenge the blood of the innocents. David had his political reasons for agreeing to do it, but it violated the principle that (usually) God does hold people accountable for the sins of their parents. Or, perhaps God does (sins of the wicked are visited on the children), but God does not wants US to punish children for the sins of their parents.
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