2 Samuel 3:3

2 Samuel 3:3

1 Now there was a long ^awar between the house of Saul and the house of David. But David grew stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.

Sons of David

2 Sons were born ^ato David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon ^bby Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;

3 his second,¹ Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite; the third, ^aAbsalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king ^bof Geshur;

4 the fourth, ^aAdonijah the son of Haggith; the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;

5 and the sixth, Ithream, by David’s wife Eglah. These were born to David in Hebron.

Abner Joins Forces with David

6 Now it was so, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner was strengthening his hold on the house of Saul.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Chileab—("his father's picture")—called also Daniel (I Chronicles 3:1).

Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur—a region in Syria, north of Israel. This marriage seems to have been a political match, made by David, with a view to strengthen himself against Ish-bosheth's party, by the aid of a powerful friend and ally in the north. Piety was made to yield to policy, and the bitter fruits of this alliance with a heathen prince he reaped in the life of the turbulent Absalom.

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