1 Chronicles 3:6
in 1 Chronicles 3David’s other sons were Ibhar, Elishua, Eliphelet,
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ASV
and Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,
KJV
Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 3
Commentary
6 notes on this verseElishama, and Eliphelet - In this and the eighth verse these two names occur twice; some think this is a mistake, but others suppose that two persons of these names died young, and that the next born received the name of the deceased. - See Jarchi.
This site's exposition
these sons were born to him in Jerusalem
on 1 Chronicles 3:5-9
The Hebrew names the mother Bathshua daughter of Ammiel, and the older commentators read both names as transposed forms of Bathsheba and Eliam. Verse 9 closes the roster with Tamar, the only daughter of David the Bible names, beside sons born to concubines whose names are not recorded.
This site's exposition
David’s other sons were Ibhar
2 Samuel 5:14 to 16 lists eleven sons born in Jerusalem, and this list has thirteen, adding a first Eliphelet and Nogah. Wesley and Clarke suppose that two sons died young and later sons were given their names. 1 Chronicles 14:4 to 7 gives a third form.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Eliphelet - And he had two other sons called by the same names, ver. 8, probably they were by different wives: and probably they were then distinguished by some additional clause or title, which is here omitted, because the two first were dead before the two second were born, and therefore the names of the deceased were given to these to preserve their memory.
Probably the two former were dead, and therefore David called two more by their names, which he would not have done if there had been any ill omen in this practice as some fancy. David had many concubines; but their children are not named, as not worthy of the honour (
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Elishama and Eliphelet--Two sons of the same name are twice mentioned (1Ch 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.
The words behind it
3 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְיִבְחָ֥ר | veyivchar | and Ibhar | H2984 → | |
| וֶאֱלִישָׁמָ֖ע | veelishama' | and Elishama | H476 → | 17 times |
| וֶאֱלִיפָֽלֶט׃ | veelifalet | and Eliphelet | H467 → | 9 times |
וְיִבְחָ֥רand Ibhar
veyivcharH2984 →
וֶאֱלִישָׁמָ֖עand Elishama
veelishama'H476 →17 times
וֶאֱלִיפָֽלֶט׃and Eliphelet
veelifaletH467 →9 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
2 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Chronicles 14:5Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet,
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 5:15
Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,
- 2 Samuel 5:15
Through
2 Samuel 5:15Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 14:5
Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet,
- 1 Chronicles 14:5
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Berean Standard Bible, 2 Samuel 5:14 to 16; Berean Standard Bible, 1 Chronicles 14:4 to 7; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.