1 Chronicles 14:3

_AND DAVID TOOK MORE WIVES AT JERUSALEM: AND DAVID BEGAT MORE SONS AND DAUGHTERS._ David took more wives at Jerusalem - (see the note at 2 Samuel 3:5.) His concubines are mentioned, 1 Chronicles 3:9; where also is given a list of his children (1 Chronicles 3:5), and those born in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 5:14). In that, however, the names of Eliphalet and Nogah do not occur, and Beeliada appears to be the same as Eliada....

EXPOSITION The contents of this chapter belong to a period of time subsequent to the taking of the fort of Zion, and find their parallel in 2 Samuel 5:11-10. But if found here in the same order of place as there, they would have followed upon 1 Chronicles 9:9; Keil attributes this difference to the desire of our compiler to represent the bringing of the ark to Jerusalem as David's first undertaking on becoming king of the united people. Considering the contents of this chapter, and remembering that it stands between the unsuccessful attempt to bring home the ark and the final successful bringing of it, it would seem a far more natural thing to suppose that this suggested its present order; for compare...

1 Chronicles 14:1....

4. DAVID'S INCREASE AND BLESSING CHAPTER 14 _ 1. Hiram (1 Chronicles 14:1)_ 2. David's family (1 Chronicles 14:3) 3. The Philistines defeated (1 Chronicles 14:8) The reader is referred to 2 Samuel 5:11 for the comment on verses 1-7. Beeliada is called in 2 Samuel 5:16 Eliada. Beeliada was probably changed to Eliada. David's great victory over the Philistines is also recorded in 2 Samuel 5:17

DAVID'S VICTORY OVER THE PHILISTINES. See notes on 2 Samuel 5:11. 1 Chronicles 14:17. An addition by the Chronicler....

MORE WIVES. Compare 1 Chronicles 3:9; 2 Samuel 5:13....

3 7 (1 Chronicles 3:5-8 and 2 Samuel 5:13-16). David's Family in Jerusalem 3. _moe wives_ In 2 Samuel 5:13 _more concubines and wives_. The Chronicler is inclined to omit or modify statements which tend to David's discredit. _moe = more_....

7. DAVID'S PALACE, WIVES, AND EARLY MILITARY VICTORIES (Chapter 14) TEXT 1 Chronicles 14:1. And Hiram king, of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house. 2. And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel; for his kingdom was exalted on high, for his people Israel's sake. 3. And David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David begat more sons and daughters. 4. And these are the names of the children whom he had in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, 5. and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpelet, 6. and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 7. and Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphelet. 8. And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David: and David heard of it, and went out against them. 9. Now the Philistines had come and made

HIRAM AND DAVID. DAVID'S CHILDREN This chapter reproduces 2 Samuel 5:11 with some variations in the names of David's children, and the additional fact that David burnt the idols of the Philistines....

THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 14 THE FAME OF DAVID – 1 CHRONICLES 14:1-17 V1 Hiram, the king of Tyre, sent officials to David. He sent *cedar wood. And he sent workers who were skilled in the use of stone and wood. They came to build a palace for David. V2 David knew that the *LORD had established him as king of *Israel. The *LORD had made David’s *kingdom great for the benefit of his (the *LORD’s) people *Israe