2 Samuel 3:1-2

2 Samuel 3:1-5. Progress of David's cause. His family

2. And unto David, &c. The list of David's sons born in Hebron is given again in 1 Chronicles 3:1-3, apparently in an independent form, but with only one important variation. It appears to interrupt the course of the narrative here, but it is quite in accordance with the usual practice of O.T. historians to insert information about the family of a king at critical points in the history of his reign, and moreover it is in place here as a practical evidence of the strengthening of David's house. Cp. 1Sa 14:49-51; 2 Samuel 5:13-16.

Amnon Infamous for the sin which cost him his life, and indirectly proved the source of shame and calamity to his family and nation. See on ch. 13.