and these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel;
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and these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel;
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And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel:
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And these were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel;
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- 2 Samuel 11:3 David sent and inquired after the woman. One said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, Uriah the Hittite’s wife?”
- 2 Samuel 12:24-25 David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her. She bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. Yahweh loved him; and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he named him Jedidiah, for Yahweh’s sake.
- 2 Samuel 5:14-16 These are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
- 2 Samuel 7:2-4 the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but God’s ark dwells within curtains.” Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart; for Yahweh is with you.” That same night, Yahweh’s word came to Nathan, saying,
- 2 Samuel 12:1-15 Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, “There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had very many flocks and herds, but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up together with him, and with his children. It ate of his own food, drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was like a daughter to him. A traveler came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to prepare for the wayfaring man who had come to him, but took the poor man’s lamb, and prepared it for the man who had come to him.” David’s anger burned hot against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As Yahweh lives, the man who has done this deserves to die! He must restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity!” Nathan said to David, “You are the man. This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul. I gave you your master’s house, and your master’s wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that would have been too little, I would have added to you many more such things. Why have you despised Yahweh’s word, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised me, and have taken Uriah the Hittite’s wife to be your wife.’ “This is what Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. For you did this secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.’ ” David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against Yahweh.” Nathan said to David, “Yahweh also has put away your sin. You will not die. However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to Yahweh’s enemies to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you will surely die.” Nathan departed to his house. Yahweh struck the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and it was very sick.
- 1 Chronicles 14:4-7 These are the names of the children whom he had in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet, Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphelet.
- 1 Chronicles 28:5-6 Of all my sons (for Yahweh has given me many sons), he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of Yahweh’s kingdom over Israel. He said to me, ‘Solomon, your son, shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
- Matthew 1:6 Jesse became the father of King David. David became the father of Solomon by her who had been Uriah’s wife.
- Luke 3:31 the son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Called also Bathsheba the daughter of Eliam: for they…
Called also Bathsheba the daughter of Eliam: for they gave them divers names.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ch 3:5 And these were born unto him in…
1Ch 3:5 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:
Ver. 5. And Solomon, four.] Not fourth: for he was the eldest of the four, and therefore the only beloved in the sight of his mother. {Pro 4:3}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Four; all David’s children by her, as the text…
Four; all David’s children by her, as the text positively affirms; and therefore Solomon is called her
only son, Pro 4:3, because she loved him as if he had been so.
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Ammiel, called also
Eliam, 2Sa 11:3. See Poole "2Sa 11:3".
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain These were all the sons of David,.... By his…
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, Sa2 15:16 and Sa2 20:3.
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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 Sa2 13:1.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Four - All David's children by her, as the…
Four - All David's children by her, as the text positively affirms: and therefore Solomon is called her, only son, Prov. iv, 3, because she loved him as if he had been so. Ammiel - Called also Eliam, 2 Sam. xi, 3.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 5. Shimea, and Shobab] Solomon is mentioned last,…
Verse 5. Shimea, and Shobab] Solomon is mentioned last, though he was the eldest of these four sons, because the genealogy was to be continued from him. Bath-shua בת שוע is the same as Bath-sheba, בת שבע the ו vau being put by mistake in the former for ב beth in the latter.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Ch 3:5. Of Bath-shua, the daugher of Ammiel —…
1Ch 3:5. Of Bath-shua, the daugher of Ammiel — In 2Sa 11:3, she is called Bath-sheba, as she is through the whole Scripture, and her father Eliam. Solomon was the eldest of these four sons; but is mentioned last, because the discourse was to return to his genealogy, 1Ch 3:10.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Bathshua, the daughter of Ammiel - Both names are…
Bathshua, the daughter of Ammiel - Both names are here given in an unusual form, but it may be doubted whether in either case there has been any corruption. In “Bathshua,” for “Bathsheba,” a ו (v) replaces the ב (b) of the earlier writer, “w” and “b” having nearly the same sound. In “Ammiel,” for “Eliam,” the two elements which form the name are inverted, as in Jehoiachin =Jechoniah, and the like.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Solomon is put last, though the eldest, because of…
Solomon is put last, though the eldest, because of his genealogy is to be continued. Some think that the three others were the sons of Urias, adopted by David, as Solomon styles himself an only son; (Proverbs iv. 3.) but that only means singularly beloved, and an heir, (Calmet) as David had certainly another child by Bethsabee, who died in his infancy. (Tirinus) --- Bethsabee. Syriac and Arabic, "Bersabee." Hebrew, "Bathshuah," all erroneously. --- Ammiel, or Eliam, (2 Kings xi. 3.) as the same man had two names, (Calmet) or, in this instance, we must allow a transposition. (Haydock)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel--or, "Bath-sheba" (Sa2…
four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel--or, "Bath-sheba" (Sa2 11:3), and there her father is called "Eliam." Of course Solomon was not her "only son," but he is called so (Pro 4:3) from the distinguished affection of which he was the object; and though the oldest, he is named the last of Bath-sheba's children.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 5–9 (= ch. 1Ch_14:4-7 and 2Sa_5:14-16). The Sons born…
5–9 (= ch. 1Ch_14:4-7 and 2Sa_5:14-16). The Sons born to David in Jerusalem
5. Shimea] in 1Ch_14:4 and 2Sa_5:14 (R.V.) Shammua.
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Nathan] Through him our Lord’s descent is traced in Luk_3:31.
Solomon] Only here are other sons besides Solomon attributed to Bath-sheba.
Bathshua] is a slight variation in pronunciation (with a consequent variation in meaning) of Bath-sheba.
the daughter of Ammiel] of Eliam (perhaps a by-form of Ammiel) in 2Sa_11:3. An Eliam son of Ahithophel, David’s counsellor, is mentioned in 2Sa_23:34; Bath-sheba may therefore have been grand-daughter to Ahithophel. Notice that the Chronicler does not call Bath-sheba the wife of Uriah the Hittite; he nowhere refers to David’s great sin.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (5-8) The thirteen sons born in Jerusalem. See 2Sa_5:14-16,…
(5-8) The thirteen sons born in Jerusalem. See 2Sa_5:14-16, and 1Ch_14:4-7, where this list is repeated with some variations (1Ch_3:5). The four sons of Bath-sheba, called here Bath-shua, a weakened form, if not a copyist’s error. By a similar change the Elishama of 1Ch_3:6 appears in Samuel as Elishua.
Shimea (“report”) was a son of Jesse (1Ch_2:13). Perhaps, therefore, Shammua (“famous”) is correct here, as in Samuel.
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Ammiel and Eliam are transposed forms of the same name, meaning “El is a tribesman” (‘am=gens, el = deus). (Comp. Ahaziah and Jehoahaz, Nethaniah and Jehonathan, and many similar transpositions.) So in Gr. Theodoros and Dorotheos, Philotheos and Theophilos exist side by side.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain In this verse we have the form Bathshua for…
In this verse we have the form Bathshua for the familiar name Bathsheba, i.e. WvAtb for bvAtb, in which latter word bv, is a shorter form of hWbv. In the same verse we have laeyMi here for 2Sa_11:3. The former name occurs often, e.g. 2Sa_9:4, 5 17:27; 1Ch_26:5. The component parts of both words are the same, but their order is different the meaning of the one perhaps "the people of God;" of the other, the God of the people."
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