Abital

How Nave’s arranged it

• Wife of David2 Samuel 3:41 Chronicles 3:3

The passages, in Bible order (2)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 2 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. 2 Samuel 3:4

   his fourth was Adonijah, the son of Haggith; his fifth was Shephatiah, the son of Abital;

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 3:41 voice

   “Adonijah - The same who, when David was dying, aspired to the crown, and was put to death by Solomon. Shephatiah - “God is judge.” This is the same name as Jehoshaphat, only with the two elements composing it placed in inverted order. Nothing more is known of him or of his brother Ithream.

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2. 1 Chronicles 3:3

   the fifth was Shephatiah by Abital; and the sixth was Ithream by his wife Eglah.

   ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 3:32 voices

   “She has the title of wife appended to her name because she was his proper wife; and the mention of her name last probably arose from the circumstance that, having been withdrawn from David and married to another husband but afterwards restored, she had in reality become the last of his wives.

   “Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron--It is of consequence for the proper understanding of events in the domestic history of David, to bear in mind the place and time of his sons' birth. The oldest son, born after his father's accession to the sovereign authority, is according to Eastern notions, the proper heir to the throne.

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