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Selected Verse: 2 Samuel 3:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Sa 3:2 |
Strong Concordance |
And unto David [01732] were sons [01121] born [03205] [03205] in Hebron [02275]: and his firstborn [01060] was Amnon [0550], of Ahinoam [0293] the Jezreelitess [03159]; |
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King James |
And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| unto David were sons born in Hebron--The six sons mentioned had all different mothers. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Growth of the House of David. - Proof of the advance of the house of David is furnished by the multiplication of his family at Hebron. The account of the sons who were born to David at Hebron does not break the thread, as Clericus, Thenius, and others suppose, but is very appropriately introduced here, as a practical proof of the strengthening of the house of David, in harmony with the custom of beginning the history of the reign of every king with certain notices concerning his family (vid., Sa2 5:13.; Kg1 3:1; Kg1 14:21; Kg1 15:2, Kg1 15:9, etc.). We have a similar list of the sons of David in Ch1 3:1-4. The first two sons were born to him from the two wives whom he had brought with him to Hebron (Sa1 25:42-43). The Chethibh וילדו is probably only a copyist's error for ויּוּלדוּ, which is the reading in many Codices. From Ahinoam - the first-born, Amnon (called Aminon in Sa2 13:20); from Abigail - the second, Chileab. The latter is also called Daniel in Ch1 3:1, and therefore had probably two names. The lamed before Ahinoam and the following names serves as a periphrasis for the genitive, like the German von, in consequence of the word son being omitted (vid., Ewald, 292, a.). The other four were by wives whom he had married in Hebron: Absalom by Maachah, the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur, a small kingdom in the north-east of Bashan (see at Deu 3:14); Adonijah by Haggith; Shephatiah by Abital; and Ithream by Eglah. The origin of the last three wives is unknown. The clause appended to Eglah's name, viz., "David's wife," merely serves as a fitting conclusion to the whole list (Bertheau on Ch1 3:3), and is not added to show that Eglah was David's principal wife, which would necessitate the conclusion drawn by the Rabbins, that Michal was the wife intended. |
3 The fifth [02549], Shephatiah [08203] of Abital [037]: the sixth [08345], Ithream [03507] by Eglah [05698] his wife [0802].
14 Jair [02971] the son [01121] of Manasseh [04519] took [03947] all the country [02256] of Argob [0709] unto the coasts [01366] of Geshuri [01651] and Maachathi [04602]; and called [07121] them after his own name [08034], Bashanhavothjair [01316] [02334], unto this day [03117].
1 Now these were the sons [01121] of David [01732], which were born [03205] unto him in Hebron [02275]; the firstborn [01060] Amnon [0550], of Ahinoam [0293] the Jezreelitess [03159]; the second [08145] Daniel [01840], of Abigail [026] the Carmelitess [03762]:
20 And Absalom [053] her brother [0251] said [0559] unto her, Hath Amnon [0550] thy brother [0251] been with thee? but hold now thy peace [02790], my sister [0269]: he is thy brother [0251]; regard [07896] [03820] not this thing [01697]. So Tamar [08559] remained [03427] desolate [08074] in her brother [0251] Absalom's [053] house [01004].
42 And Abigail [026] hasted [04116], and arose [06965], and rode [07392] upon an ass [02543], with five [02568] damsels [05291] of hers that went [01980] after [07272] her; and she went [03212] after [0310] the messengers [04397] of David [01732], and became his wife [0802].
43 David [01732] also took [03947] Ahinoam [0293] of Jezreel [03157]; and they were also both [08147] of them his wives [0802].
1 Now these were the sons [01121] of David [01732], which were born [03205] unto him in Hebron [02275]; the firstborn [01060] Amnon [0550], of Ahinoam [0293] the Jezreelitess [03159]; the second [08145] Daniel [01840], of Abigail [026] the Carmelitess [03762]:
2 The third [07992], Absalom [053] the son [01121] of Maachah [04601] the daughter [01323] of Talmai [08526] king [04428] of Geshur [01650]: the fourth [07243], Adonijah [0138] the son [01121] of Haggith [02294]:
3 The fifth [02549], Shephatiah [08203] of Abital [037]: the sixth [08345], Ithream [03507] by Eglah [05698] his wife [0802].
4 These six [08337] were born [03205] unto him in Hebron [02275]; and there he reigned [04427] seven [07651] years [08141] and six [08337] months [02320]: and in Jerusalem [03389] he reigned [04427] thirty [07970] and three [07969] years [08141].
9 And in the twentieth [06242] year [08141] of Jeroboam [03379] king [04428] of Israel [03478] reigned [04427] Asa [0609] over Judah [03063].
2 Three [07969] years [08141] reigned [04427] he in Jerusalem [03389]. And his mother's [0517] name [08034] was Maachah [04601], the daughter [01323] of Abishalom [053].
21 And Rehoboam [07346] the son [01121] of Solomon [08010] reigned [04427] in Judah [03063]. Rehoboam [07346] was forty [0705] and one [0259] years [08141] old [01121] when he began to reign [04427], and he reigned [04427] seventeen [07651] [06240] years [08141] in Jerusalem [03389], the city [05892] which the LORD [03068] did choose [0977] out of all the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478], to put [07760] his name [08034] there. And his mother's [0517] name [08034] was Naamah [05279] an Ammonitess [05985].
1 And Solomon [08010] made affinity [02859] with Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714], and took [03947] Pharaoh's [06547] daughter [01323], and brought [0935] her into the city [05892] of David [01732], until he had made an end [03615] of building [01129] his own house [01004], and the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and the wall [02346] of Jerusalem [03389] round about [05439].
13 And David [01732] took [03947] him more concubines [06370] and wives [0802] out of Jerusalem [03389], after [0310] he was come [0935] from Hebron [02275]: and there were yet sons [01121] and daughters [01323] born [03205] to David [01732].