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What does 1 Chronicles 3:5 mean?
"and these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel;"
— 1 Chronicles 3:5 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;
the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife:
six were born to him in Hebron; and he reigned there seven years and six months. He reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem;
and these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel;
and Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet,
Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,
Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
Explanation
This verse comes from a long genealogical list in 1 Chronicles 3, where the Chronicler records the sons born to King David. Specifically, it names four sons — Shimea (also called Shammua), Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon — born to David in Jerusalem through his wife identified here as "Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel." This is another name for Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam (the names Bathshua/Bathsheba and Ammiel/Eliam are vari
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