1 Chronicles 2:15-16

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:1-17

Here is, I. The family of Jacob. His twelve sons are here named, that illustrious number so often celebrated almost throughout the whole Bible, from the first to the last book of it. At every turn we meet with the twelve tribes that descended from these twelve patriarchs. The personal character of several of them was none of the best (the first four were much blemished), and yet the covenant was entailed on their seed; for it was of grace, free grace, that it was said, Jacob have I loved?not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:13-15

And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third, Nathanael the fourth, Raddai the fifth, Ozem the sixth, David the seventh. But Jesse had eight sons, 1 Samuel 16:10 , one of them therefore is not reckoned, either because he was by another woman, and the writer only mentions those that were of the same mother with David; this is the opinion of Aben Ezra and Kimchi; some say he was dead before David came to the kingdom; Kimchi mentions a Midrash, or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:16

Whose sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail ..... That is, sisters of David: and the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three ; all valiant men and captains in David's army; their father's name is nowhere mentioned. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:10-15

(B) Ram is taken first in order, at once to push on the lineage of Judah to the great landmark DAVID , who is reached at the seventh generation from Ram ( Ruth 4:19-22 ; Matthew 1:3-5 ; Luke 3:31-33 ), his name being ranked last of seven brothers only, sons of Jesse. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:13-15

Give us what we have not elsewhere, the names of the fourth, fifth, and sixth sons of Jesse, viz. Nathaneel, Raddai (but see 1 Kings 1:8 ), and Ozem . But, on the other hand, they make it appear that David was the seventh of seven, instead of ( 1 Samuel 14:10 , 1 Samuel 14:11 ; 1 Samuel 17:12 ) the eighth of eight sons. The missing son, any way, belongs to the seventh place. The Syriac and Arabic versions have taken the Elihu of 1 Chronicles 27:18 , and put him in this place.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:16-17

These verses do not say that David "begat" Zeruiah and Abigail , but that these two were sisters of the foregoing seven brethren. Light is thrown upon this by 2 Samuel 17:25 , which says that Abigail was the daughter of one Nahash, and that Zeruiah was her sister. But it is to leave us in greater darkness as to who Nahath was: whether Nahath was another name for Jesse, or the name of Jesse's wife, or the name of a former husband of Jesse's wife, to whom she bore these two daughters... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 2:15

David the seventh - Jesse had eight sons, of whom David was the youngest 1 Samuel 16:10-11; 1 Samuel 17:12. Probably one of the sons shown to Samuel at Bethlehem did not grow up. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 2:16

Sisters - i. e. half-sisters. Abigail and Zeruiah were daughters not of Jesse, but of a certain Nahash, whose widow Jesse took to wife 2 Samuel 17:25.From the present passage, and from the fact that Abishai joined David as a comrade in arms before Joab 1 Samuel 26:6, it would seem that, although Joab was pre-eminent among the three 2 Samuel 2:13, 2 Samuel 2:16, Abishai was the eldest. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 2:13-15

1 Chronicles 2:13-15 . Eliab Called also Elihu, 1 Chronicles 27:18, unless that was another son of Jesse, as some think, not mentioned elsewhere; which would make the number to be eight, according to 1 Samuel 16:10; 1 Samuel 17:12. Or that Elihu, although there called the brother of David, might perhaps only be his kinsman, according to the usual language of Scripture. David the seventh David was certainly the youngest son of Jesse, 1 Samuel 16:11. And if, as seems probable, one of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 2:1-55

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

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