1 Chronicles 3:9

9 David's sons, plus Tamar their sister. There were other sons by his concubines.

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, Eliphelet -
9 David's sons, plus Tamar their sister. There were other sons by his concubines.
10 In the next generation Solomon had Rehoboam, who had Abijah, who had Asa, who had Jehoshaphat,
11 who had Jehoram, who had Ahaziah, who had Joash,
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