2 Samuel 5:16

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2 Samuel 5:16 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 5:16

And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
] Seven more by some other wife or wives; nine are mentioned in ( 1 Chronicles 3:6-8 ) ; there being in that account two Eliphalets, and another called Nogah; which two, one of the Eliphalets, and Nogah, might die without sons, as Kimchi thinks, and so are not mentioned here.

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2 Samuel 5:16 In-Context

14 And these are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
15 Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,
16 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
17 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard of it and went down to the stronghold.
18 Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
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