the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife:
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 [Sa2 6:16, Sa2 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...
The second son here is called Daniel, whereas Samuel calls him Chileab, not a copyist's error, but a man with two names. The chronicler worked from an independent register, not from Samuel's account. That preposition before Absalom's name crept in by mistake from the preceding phrase, and the note about Eglah as David's wife rounds out the list properly, nothing more.
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Commenting on 1 Chronicles 3:1-4
David had many sons, and his quiver was full of arrows as the Psalmist loved to sing; but some were his deepest grief. Only Solomon truly followed his piety, yet even he fell short. The wisest among us are those who reprove us faithfully, and David honored Nathan the prophet all his life for doing so.
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Commenting on 1 Chronicles 3:1-9