1 Chronicles 3:9 BSB

1 Chronicles 3:9

These were all the sons of David, besides the sons by his concubines. And Tamar was their sister.

BSB

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ASV

All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.

KJV

These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

These were all the sons of David,.... By his wives: beside the sons of the concubines; who are not reckoned, and how many they were is not known; he had ten concubines at least, 2Sa 15:16 and 2Sa 20:3. And Tamar their sister; not the sister of the sons of the concubines, but of his other sons, and only of Absalom by the mother's side, of whom see 2Sa 13:1.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Seldom has a crown gone in a direct line from father to son for seventeen descents together, as here. This was the recompence of David's piety. About the time of the captivity the lineal descent was interrupted, and the crown went from one brother to another and from a nephew to an uncle, which was a presage of the eclipsing of the glory of that house.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And Tamar their sister - This is the only daughter of David whose name is on record; and yet he is said to have had both Sons and Daughters, 2Sa 5:13.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כֹּ֖ל	kol	all	H3605 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] sons of	H1121 →
דָוִ֑יד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
מִלְּבַ֥ד	mi.le.Vad	<from> <to> besides	H905 →
בְּֽנֵי־	be.nei-	sons of	H1121 →
פִֽילַגְשִׁ֖ים	fi.lag.Shim	concubines	H6370 →
וְתָמָ֥ר	ve.ta.Mar	and Tamar	H8559 →
אֲחוֹתָֽם׃ פ	'a.cho.Tam	[was] sister their	H269 →

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The walk5

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Samuel 5:13
After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 17:17
  He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.
- Genesis 25:5–6
  Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.
- 1 Chronicles 14:3–7
  And David took more wives in Jerusalem and became the father of more sons and daughters.
- 2 Chronicles 11:18–21
  And Rehoboam married Mahalath, who was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.
- 2 Chronicles 13:21
  But Abijah grew strong, married fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

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PersonUnited MonarchyDavidSecond king of united Israel, shepherd-turned-monarch, ancestor of the Messiah, and traditional author of many Psalms.

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06About 1 Chronicles

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

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