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The fifth was Shephatiah, the son of Abital.

The sixth was Ithream, the son of his wife Eglah.

These six were born to him in Hebron, where he reigned seven and a half years. Then he moved the capital to Jerusalem, where he reigned another thirty-three years.

While he was in Jerusalem, his wife Bathsheba[a] (the daughter of Ammiel) became the mother of his sons Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 3:5 Bathsheba, literally, “Bathshua.”

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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  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