1 Chronicles 3:3 NIV

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

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

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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 3:3

1 Chronicles 3:3. By Eglah his wife Eglah is generally thought by the Jews to be Michal, Saul’s daughter; who, some think, is peculiarly called his wife, because she was his only legal wife, according to the divine institution: all the rest he took according to the custom then reigning. See on 2 Samuel 3:5. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 3:1-24

Descendants of Judah and Simeon (2:1-4:43)Having listed the children of Jacob (Israel) starting with the eldest son Reuben, the writer immediately turns his attention to the tribe of Judah, the tribe that produced the dynasty of David (2:1-17). He traces the line of David first, then goes back to deal with a number of other important people in Judah and lists their descendants (18-55). On completing this, he returns to list the family of David (3:1-9), the descendants of David who reigned after... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 3:3

Eglah his wife. The only woman in this list called David's "wife". Perhaps his original wife. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 3:3

3. Eglah his wife—supposed to be another name of Michal, who, though she had no son after her mockery of David for dancing before the ark [2 Samuel 6:16; 2 Samuel 6:20], might have had one previous to that time. She has the title of wife appended to her name because she was his proper wife; and the mention of her name last probably arose from the circumstance that, having been withdrawn from David and married to another husband but afterwards restored, she had in reality become the last of his... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 3:1-24

Genealogies (continued)The genealogies here include the sons of David, his successors on the throne of Judah, and the descendants of Jeconiah (Jehoiachin).1. The sons of David] Some of the names that follow are given differently in the corresponding sections in 2 Samuel 3:2-5; 2 Samuel 5:13-16: cp. also 2 Samuel 14:3-7. 5. Nathan] According to St. Luke’s genealogy he was ancestor of our Lord, 2 Samuel 3:31.Bath-shua] i.e. Bathsheba. 15. Johanan] This son of Josiah was never king and presumably... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 3:1-4

I.—The sons of David.—This section is parallel to 2 Samuel 3:2-5 (comp. 1 Chronicles 3:1-4) and 2 Samuel 5:14-16 (1 Chronicles 3:5-9), with which comp. 1 Chronicles 14:3-7.(1-4) The six sons born in Hebron. The sons and mothers agree with those of the parallel passage in Sam., with the one exception of the second son, who is here called Daniel, but in Samuel, Chileab. The LXX. (2 Samuel 3:3) has Δαλουια, which may represent Heb. Delaiah (Iah hath freed), though in our 1 Chronicles 3:24 that... read more