The sons of David - The writer returns to the point at which he had left the posterity of Ram 1 Chronicles 2:9, 1 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.



2 Samuel 5:14

1 Chronicles 3:5

1 Chronicles 14:4

1. Shammuah

Shimeah*

Shammuah

2. Shobab

Shobab

Shobab

3. Nathan

Nathan

Nathan

4. Solomon

Solomon

Solomon

5. Ibhar

Ibhar

Ibhar

6. Elishua

Elishama*

Elishua

7. a

Eliphelet*

Elpalet*

8. a

Nogah

Nogah

9. Nepheg

Nepheg

Nepheg

10. Japhia

Japhia

Japhia

11. Elishama

Elishama

Elishama

12. Eliada

Eliada

Beeliada*

13. Eliphelet

Eliphelet

Eliphelet

(Differences are marked with an asterick).



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.”

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