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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 3:1-9

We had an account of David's sons, 2 Sam. 3:2-5; 5:14-16 1. He had many sons; and no doubt wrote as he thought, Ps. 127:5. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of these arrows. 2. Some of them were a grief to him, as Amnon, Absalom, and Adonijah; and we do not read of any of them that imitated his piety or devotion except Solomon, and he came far short of it. 3. One of them, which Bath-sheba bore to him, he called Nathan, probably in honour of Nathan the prophet, who reproved him for his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 3:1-4

Now these were the sons of David ,.... The six following born in Hebron, who are reckoned in the same order as in 2 Samuel 3:2 , only here the second son is called Daniel, who there goes by the name of Chileab; he had two names, the reason of which see there; and here David's wife, Eglah, is said in the Targum to be Michal, Saul's daughter; see Gill on 2 Samuel 3:5 , to which is added an account of his reign both in Hebron and Jerusalem, agreeably to 2 Samuel 5:5 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 3:5-8

And these were born unto him in Jerusalem ,.... Whose names follow, in all nine; there are but seven mentioned in 2 Samuel 5:14 the reason of which see in the notes there; See Gill on 2 Samuel 5:14 . See Gill on 2 Samuel 5:15 . See Gill on 2 Samuel 5:16 . it may be observed that Bathsheba is here called Bathshua, and her father Ammiel, whose name is Eliam in 2 Samuel 11:3 , names of much the same signification. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 3:1

The second , Daniel - In 2 Samuel 3:3 , this person is called Chileab; he probably had two names. The Targum says, "The second, Daniel, who was also called Chileab, because he was in every respect like to his father." The Targumist refers here to the import of the word כלאב ke - le - ab , like to the father. Jarchi says the two names were given to this person because David, having taken Abigail immediately after the death of Nabal, it could not be ascertained whether this child... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 3:3

By Eglah his wide - The Targum, Jarchi, and others, maintain that this was Michal, the daughter of Saul; but this does not well agree with 2 Samuel 6:23 ; : Michal had no child to the day of her death. Yet she might have had a child before the time that is mentioned above. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 3:5

Shimea , and Shobab - Solomon is mentioned last, though he was the eldest of these four sons, because the genealogy was to be continued from him. Bath-shua שוע בת is the same as Bath-sheba, שבע בת the ו vau being put by mistake in the former for ב beth in the latter. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 3:6

Elishama , and Eliphelet - In this and the eighth verse these two names occur twice; some think this is a mistake, but others suppose that two persons of these names died young, and that the next born received the name of the deceased. - See Jarchi. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 3:8

Nine - There are thirteen if we count the four sons of Bath-sheba, and nine without them; and in the second book of Samuel there are eleven, reckoning the above four, and without them only seven. In the book of Samuel probably only those who were alive were reckoned, while the author of the Chronicles comprises those also who were dead in this enumeration. Jarchi supposes that the duplicate Elishama and Eliphelet are those which increase the regular number seven to nine; and that the dead... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 3:1-9

EXPOSITION The whole of this chapter is occupied with the descendants of David : the first nine verses of it with his own sons, classified according to the place of their birth, Hebron or Jerusalem; the remaining verses with the line of kings of his house to Jeconiah and Zedekiah ( 1 Chronicles 3:16 ), the grandsons of Zerubbabel ( 1 Chronicles 3:21 ), and descendants of Shechaniah ( 1 Chronicles 3:24 ). To the seven years and six months ( 2 Samuel 2:11 ) of David's reign at... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 3:5

In this verse we have the form Bathshua for the familiar name Bathsheba, i.e. בַת־שׁוַּע for בַת־שֶׁבַע , in which latter word שֶׁבַע is a shorter form of שְׁבוּעָה . In the same verse we have עַמִּיאֵל here for אֱלִיעָם in 2 Samuel 11:3 . The former name occurs often, e.g. Numbers 13:12 ; 2 Samuel 9:4 , 2 Samuel 9:5 ; 2 Samuel 17:27 ; 1 Chronicles 26:5 . The component parts of both words are the same, but their order is different—the meaning of the one... read more

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