1 Chronicles 3:9
in 1 Chronicles 3These were all the sons of David, besides the sons by his concubines. And Tamar was their sister.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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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This verse in 1 Chronicles 3
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThese 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.
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
And Tamar was their sister
Tamar is the only daughter of David whose name is recorded, as Clarke observes, though 2 Samuel 5:13 says he had daughters. Gill notes she was Absalom's full sister. 2 Samuel 13 tells how Amnon wronged her.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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
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.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כֹּ֖ל | kol | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| דָוִ֑יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| מִלְּבַ֥ד | milevad | <from> <to> besides | H905 → | |
| בְּֽנֵי־ | benei- | sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| פִֽילַגְשִׁ֖ים | filagshim | concubines | H6370 → | 37 times |
| וְתָמָ֥ר | vetamar | and Tamar | H8559 → | |
| אֲחוֹתָֽם׃ פ | ʾachotam | [was] sister their | H269 → | 114 times |
כֹּ֖לall
kolH3605 →5413 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
דָוִ֑ידDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
מִלְּבַ֥ד<from> <to> besides
milevadH905 →
בְּֽנֵי־sons of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
פִֽילַגְשִׁ֖יםconcubines
filagshimH6370 →37 times
וְתָמָ֥רand Tamar
vetamarH8559 →
אֲחוֹתָֽם׃ פ[was] sister their
ʾachotamH269 →114 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
2 Samuel 5:13After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
it 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.
- Deuteronomy 17:17
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Berean Standard Bible, 2 Samuel 13:1; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
