All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.
And Solomon's son was Rehoboam,.... From hence to the end of the fourteenth verse, David's successors are reckoned, according to the order of their reign, unto Josiah and his sons: Solomon, Rehoboam, Abia, Asa, Jehoshaphat, Joram, Ahaziah, Joash, Amaziah, Azariah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh, Amon, Josiah, in all sixteen.
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