Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
The sons of David - The writer returns to the point at which he had left the posterity of Ram I Chronicles 2:9, I Chronicles 2:15, and traces out the family of David - the royal house of the tribe of Judah.
Daniel - See the marginal note and reference.
There are three lists of the sons of David, born in Jerusalem.
II Samuel 5:14-16
| I Chronicles 3:5-8
| I Chronicles 14:4-7
|
1. Shammuah
2. Shobab
3. Nathan
4. Solomon
5. Ibhar
6. Elishua
7.
8.
9. Nepheg
10. Japhia
11. Elishama
12. Eliada
13. Eliphelet | Shimeah^
Shobab
Nathan
Solomon
Ibhar
Elishama^
Eliphelet^
Nogah
Nepheg
Japhia
Elishama
Eliada
Eliphelet
| Shammuah
Shobab
Nathan
Solomon
Ibhar
Elishua
Elpalet^
Nogah
Nepheg
Japhia
Elishama
Beeliada^
Eliphelet
|
(Differences are marked with a caret ^). |
A comparison of the three lists serves to show:
(1) that "Shimeah" and the first "Elishama" in the list of this chapter are corruptions;
(2) that David had really 13 sons born in Jerusalem, of whom two - the first Eliphelet and Nogah - probably died in their childhood; and
(3) that Eliada, the twelfth son, was also called Beeliada, the term Baal, "lord," not having (previous to the introduction of the Baal worship) a bad sense, but being regarded as an equivalent with El, "God."
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Chronicles 3:1:
1 Samuel 25:43
1 Samuel 25:43
1 Chronicles 8:33
1 Chronicles 14:1
2 Chronicles 11:18
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