1 Chronicles 2:16
in 1 Chronicles 2Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.
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ASV
and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
KJV
Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 2
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Sisters - i. e. half-sisters. Abigail and Zeruiah were daughters not of Jesse, but of a certain Nahash, whose widow Jesse took to wife 2Sa 17:25. From the present passage, and from the fact that Abishai joined David as a comrade in arms before Joab 1Sa 26:6, it would seem that, although Joab was pre-eminent among the three 2Sa 2:13, 2Sa 2:16, Abishai was the eldest.
This site's exposition
prince of the children of Judah
on 1 Chronicles 2:10-17
Ram's line runs through Amminadab and Nahshon, prince of Judah in the wilderness camp, to Boaz and Jesse and David, the same succession Ruth 4:19-22 gives and Matthew 1:3-6 carries into the genealogy of Christ. David is numbered seventh of Jesse's sons here, while 1 Samuel 17:12 counts eight; the readings, that one brother died without issue, or that the Chronicler names only the seven whose lines mattered to his purpose, are held without a verdict. Zeruiah and Abigail appear as David's sisters, and Zeruiah's sons Abishai, Joab and Asahel become his commanders, while Abigail's son Amasa, born to an Ishmeelite father, later commands Absalom's army against his own kinsmen.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Whose sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail..... That is, sisters of David: and the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three; all valiant men and captains in David's army; their father's name is nowhere mentioned.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
And their sisters: Zeruiah and Abigail [They are mentioned] because of David’s honor, i.e., they [Joab, Abishai, and Asael] were his sister’s sons, mighty men and princes. So it is explained further.
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David the seventh This is written with the plene spelling, with a “yud,” because of David’s honor, and now he found the pearl; therefore, he did not count the eighth [son], Elijah.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַחְיוֹתֵיהֶ֖ם | veachyoteihem | and sisters their | H269 → | 114 times |
| צְרוּיָ֣ה | tzeruyah | Zeruiah | H6870 → | 26 times |
| וַאֲבִיגָ֑יִל | vaavigayil | and Abigail | H26 → | 17 times |
| וּבְנֵ֣י | uvenei | and [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| צְרוּיָ֗ה | tzeruyah | Zeruiah | H6870 → | 26 times |
| אַבְשַׁ֛י | ʾavshai | Abshai | H52 → | 25 times |
| וְיוֹאָ֥ב | veyoav | and Joab | H3097 → | 144 times |
| וַעֲשָׂה־ | vaasah- | and Asah- | H6214 → | 24 times |
| אֵ֖ל | ʾel | -el | H6214 → | 24 times |
| שְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃ | sheloshah | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
וְאַחְיוֹתֵיהֶ֖םand sisters their
veachyoteihemH269 →114 times
צְרוּיָ֣הZeruiah
tzeruyahH6870 →26 times
וַאֲבִיגָ֑יִלand Abigail
vaavigayilH26 →17 times
וּבְנֵ֣יand [the] sons of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
צְרוּיָ֗הZeruiah
tzeruyahH6870 →26 times
אַבְשַׁ֛יAbshai
ʾavshaiH52 →25 times
וְיוֹאָ֥בand Joab
veyoavH3097 →144 times
וַעֲשָׂה־and Asah-
vaasah-H6214 →24 times
אֵ֖ל-el
ʾelH6214 →24 times
שְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃three
sheloshahH7969 →432 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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 19:22And David replied, “Sons of Zeruiah, what have I to do with you, that you should be my adversaries today? Should any man be put to death in Israel today? Am I not indeed…
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 11:13
But Saul ordered, “No one shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel.”
- 2 Samuel 16:10
But the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’”
- 1 Samuel 11:13
Through
2 Samuel 3:39And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil!”
it leads to
- Psalms 28:4
Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.
- Psalms 101:8
Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 2:33–34
Their blood will come back upon the heads of Joab and his descendants forever; but for David, his descendants, his house, and his throne, there shall be peace from the LORD forever.”
- Psalms 62:12
and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.
- Proverbs 25:5
Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
- Psalms 28:4
Through
1 Samuel 26:6And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai.
it leads to
- Judges 7:10–11
But if you are afraid to do so, then go down to the camp with your servant Purah
- Judges 7:10–11
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Jamieson Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).