1 Chronicles 3:4

4 He had these six sons while he was in Hebron; he was king there for seven years and six months.

1 Chronicles 3:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 3:4

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 3:1).

1 Chronicles 3:4 In-Context

2 third, Absalom born of Maacah, daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; fourth, Adonijah born of Haggith;
3 fifth, Shephatiah born of Abital; sixth, Ithream born of his wife Eglah.
4 He had these six sons while he was in Hebron; he was king there for seven years and six months.
5 These are the sons he had in Jerusalem: first Shammua, then Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel was the mother of these four.
6 And then there were another nine sons: Ibhar, Elishua, Eliphelet,
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