Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet—nine in all.
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
nine--The number of David's sons born after his removal to Jerusalem, was eleven (Sa2 5:14), but only nine are mentioned here: two of them being omitted, either in consequence of their early deaths or because they left no issue.
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