_NOW THESE WERE THE SONS OF DAVID, WHICH WERE BORN UNTO HIM IN HEBRON; THE FIRSTBORN AMNON, OF AHINOAM THE JEZREELITESS; THE SECOND DANIEL, OF ABIGAIL THE CARMELITESS:_ Now these ... which were born ... in Hebron. It is of consequence, for the proper understanding of events in the domestic history... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE THIRD, ABSALOM THE SON OF MAACHAH THE DAUGHTER OF TALMAI KING OF GESHUR: THE FOURTH, ADONIJAH THE SON OF HAGGITH:_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE FIFTH, SHEPHATIAH OF ABITAL: THE SIXTH, ITHREAM BY EGLAH HIS WIFE._ Eglah his wife - supposed to be another name of Michal, who, though she had no son after her mockery of David for dancing before the ark, might have had one previous to that time. She has the title of wife appended to her name... [ Continue Reading ]
_THESE SIX WERE BORN UNTO HIM IN HEBRON; AND THERE HE REIGNED SEVEN YEARS AND SIX MONTHS: AND IN JERUSALEM HE REIGNED THIRTY AND THREE YEARS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THESE WERE BORN UNTO HIM IN JERUSALEM; SHIMEA, AND SHOBAB, AND NATHAN, AND SOLOMON, FOUR, OF BATHSHUA THE DAUGHTER OF AMMIEL:_ Of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel - or Bath-sheba (2 Samuel 11:3), and there her father is called Eliam. Of course, Solomon was not her 'only son;' but he is called... [ Continue Reading ]
_IBHAR ALSO, AND ELISHAMA, AND ELIPHELET,_ Elishama, and Eliphelet - two sons of the same name are twice mentioned (1 Chronicles 3:8). They were the children of different mothers, and had probably some title or epithet appended by which the one was distinguished from the other. Or it might be that... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND NOGAH, AND NEPHEG, AND JAPHIA,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ELISHAMA, AND ELIADA, AND ELIPHELET, NINE._ Nine. The number of David's sons born after his removal to Jerusalem was eleven (2 Samuel 5:14), but only nine are mentioned here-two of them being omitted, either in consequence of their early deaths, or of their leaving no issue.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THESE WERE ALL THE SONS OF DAVID, BESIDE THE SONS OF THE CONCUBINES, AND TAMAR THEIR SISTER._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SOLOMON'S SON WAS REHOBOAM, ABIA HIS SON, ASA HIS SON, JEHOSHAPHAT HIS SON,_ Solomon's son was Rehoboam ... David's line is here drawn down to the captivity, through a succession of good and bad, but still influential and celebrated, monarchs. It has rarely happened that a crown has been trans... [ Continue Reading ]
_JORAM HIS SON, AHAZIAH HIS SON, JOASH HIS SON,_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF JOSIAH WERE, THE FIRSTBORN JOHANAN, THE SECOND JEHOIAKIM, THE THIRD ZEDEKIAH, THE FOURTH SHALLUM._ Zedekiah - is called the son of Josiah, cf. Jeremiah 1:3; Jeremiah 37:1, but, 2 Chronicles 36:19 he is described as the brother of Jehoiachin, who was the son of Jehoiachim, and conse... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF JEHOIAKIM: JECONIAH HIS SON, ZEDEKIAH HIS SON._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF JECONIAH; ASSIR, SALATHIEL HIS SON,_ The sons of Jeconiah; Assir. This word does occur as the name of a person, Exodus 6:24; 1 Chronicles 6:22. But Bertheau suggests that Assir is joined to Jeconiah, and then, being taken as a common noun, the translation will be, 'Jeconiah the cap... [ Continue Reading ]
_MALCHIRAM ALSO, AND PEDAIAH, AND SHENAZAR, JECAMIAH, HOSHAMA, AND NEDABIAH._ Malchiram also. As far as Jeconiah, everything is plain; but there is reason to suspect that the text in the subsequent verses has been dislocated and disarranged. The object of the sacred historian is to trace the royal... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF PEDAIAH WERE, ZERUBBABEL, AND SHIMEI: AND THE SONS OF ZERUBBABEL; MESHULLAM, AND HANANIAH, AND SHELOMITH THEIR SISTER:_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HASHUBAH, AND OHEL, AND BERECHIAH, AND HASADIAH, JUSHABHESED, FIVE._ And Malchiram, and Rephaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF HANANIAH; PELATIAH, AND JESAIAH: THE SONS OF REPHAIAH, THE SONS OF ARNAN, THE SONS OF OBADIAH, THE SONS OF SHECHANIAH._ The sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah and Jesaiah; the sons of Rephaiah; his son Arnan, his son Obadiah (worshipper of Yahweh), his son Shecaniah (dwelling with Yahweh).... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF SHECHANIAH; SHEMAIAH; AND THE SONS OF SHEMAIAH; HATTUSH, AND IGEAL, AND BARIAH, AND NEARIAH, AND SHAPHAT, SIX._ The sons of Shemaiah - or Shimei (1 Chronicles 3:19: cf. Zechariah 12:13).... [ Continue Reading ]