1 Chronicles 3:2
in 1 Chronicles 3the third was Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;
KJV
The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 3
Commentary
2 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
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.
This site's exposition
the sons of David
on 1 Chronicles 3:1-4
The six sons born to David at Hebron repeat 2 Samuel 3:2-5's list with one variant, Chileab renamed Daniel here, and Chronicles never returns to tell what these names meant for the kingdom: no note on Amnon's crime, no note on Absalom's revolt against his own father, both already told in Samuel. Verse 4 closes the Hebron count with the reign length Samuel and Kings already record, seven years and six months there and thirty three in Jerusalem, forty years in all.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
the second, Daniel But in II Sam. (3:3) it says: “And the second (sic), Chileab, of Abigail.” It is explained in Midrash Vayechulu ( Ozar Midrashim, p. 156) that David married Abigail after Nabal died, and they suspected that her son was Nabal’s.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
And these were the sons of David who were born to him in Ḥebron: his firstborn Amnon by Aḥinoam of Jezreel, the second Daniel aka Khil'ab who looked exactly like his father [ kuleih l'abba ] by Avigail of Carmel.
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
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַשְּׁלִשִׁי֙ | hashelishi | the third | H7992 → | 107 times |
| לְאַבְשָׁל֣וֹם | leavshalom | <to> Absalom | H53 → | |
| בֶּֽן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| מַעֲכָ֔ה | maakhah | Maacah | H4601 → | 23 times |
| בַּת־ | bat- | [the] daughter of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| תַּלְמַ֖י | talmai | Talmai | H8526 → | |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| גְּשׁ֑וּר | geshur | Geshur | H1650 → | |
| הָרְבִיעִ֖י | harevii | the fourth | H7243 → | 56 times |
| אֲדֹנִיָּ֥ה | ʾadoniyah | Adonijah | H138 → | |
| בֶן־ | ven- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| חַגִּֽית׃ | chagit | Haggith | H2294 → |
הַשְּׁלִשִׁי֙the third
hashelishiH7992 →107 times
לְאַבְשָׁל֣וֹם<to> Absalom
leavshalomH53 →
בֶּֽן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
מַעֲכָ֔הMaacah
maakhahH4601 →23 times
בַּת־[the] daughter of
bat-H1323 →588 times
תַּלְמַ֖יTalmai
talmaiH8526 →
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
גְּשׁ֑וּרGeshur
geshurH1650 →
הָרְבִיעִ֖יthe fourth
hareviiH7243 →56 times
אֲדֹנִיָּ֥הAdonijah
ʾadoniyahH138 →
בֶן־[the] son of
ven-H1121 →4930 times
חַגִּֽית׃Haggith
chagitH2294 →
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 13:1After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 14:27
Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Chronicles 3:9
These were all the sons of David, besides the sons by his concubines. And Tamar was their sister.
- 2 Samuel 3:2–3
And sons were born to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel;
- 2 Samuel 13:15
Then Amnon hated Tamar with such intensity that his hatred was greater than the love he previously had. “Get up!” he said to her. “Be gone!”
- 2 Samuel 11:2
One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
- 2 Samuel 14:27
Through
2 Samuel 18:18During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the…
it leads to
- Genesis 14:17
After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).
- Daniel 4:30
the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
- 1 Samuel 15:12
Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel, and behold, he has set up a monument for himself and has turned and gone…
- Genesis 14:17
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.