1 Chronicles 3:9

9 [These] were all David's sons, with their sister Tamar, in addition to the sons by his concubines.^[a]

1 Chronicles 3:9 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 3:9

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, ( 2 Samuel 15:16 ) and ( 2 Samuel 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 ( 2 Samuel 13:1-39 ) .

1 Chronicles 3:9 In-Context

7 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,

8 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet-nine sons.

9 [These] were all David's sons, with their sister Tamar, in addition to the sons by his concubines.

10 Solomon's son was Rehoboam; his son was Abijah, his son Asa, his son Jehoshaphat,

11 his son Jehoram, his son Ahaziah, his son Joash,

Footnotes

• [a]. 1 Ch 14:4-6; 2 Sm 5:14-15