and Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,
The repeated names, two Elishamas, two Eliphelets, point to something deliberate. Different mothers bore sons of the same name, likely with distinguishing titles to tell them apart, or the first pair died and David gave their names to sons born later to preserve their memory.
AI summary
Thirteen sons were born to David in Jerusalem, four of them by Bathsheba. The three accounts of his sons, here, in chapter 14, and in Samuel, show slight variations in the names and number, some owing to early death, others to shifts in how the names were pronounced or written down across the generations.
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Commenting on 1 Chronicles 3:5-9
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