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the fifth, Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital, the sixth, Ithream, whose mother was David’s wife Eglah.

So there were six sons born to David in Hebron, and he ruled as king there for seven years and six months.

David ruled as king for thirty-three years in Jerusalem. These sons were born to him in Jerusalem:

four sons of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:[a] Shimea,[b] Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon;

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  1. 1 Chronicles 3:5 Elsewhere called Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam. There are variant spellings for many of the names in this list. Not all of them are marked by notes.
  2. 1 Chronicles 3:5 Also called Shammua

the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;

and the sixth, Ithream, by his wife Eglah.

These six were born to David in Hebron,(A) where he reigned seven years and six months.(B)

David reigned in Jerusalem thirty-three years, and these were the children born to him there:

Shammua,[a] Shobab, Nathan and Solomon. These four were by Bathsheba[b](C) daughter of Ammiel.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 3:5 Hebrew Shimea, a variant of Shammua
  2. 1 Chronicles 3:5 One Hebrew manuscript and Vulgate (see also Septuagint and 2 Samuel 11:3); most Hebrew manuscripts Bathshua