The sons born to David in Jerusalem included Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. Their mother was Bathsheba, the daughter of Ammiel.
Parallel translations
- WEB and these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel;
- KJV And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:
- BSB and these sons were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. These four were born to him by Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel.
- NKJV And these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon—four by Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel.
- NASB These were the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, four by Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel;
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Quick answer
In Jerusalem David fathered Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon by Bathshua (Bathsheba). It names the sons born in the capital, including Solomon.
Overview
Bathsheba, here called Bathshua, bore four sons, among them Solomon, David's successor, and Nathan, through whom Luke traces Jesus' lineage (Luke 3:31). Despite the grievous sin in David and Bathsheba's union (2 Samuel 11-12), God's grace brought forth the line of promise. This powerfully shows that God's redemptive purposes triumph over human failure.
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- 2 Sam 11:3David sent and inquired after the woman. One said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, Uriah the Hittite’s wife?”
- 2 Sam 12:24–25David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her. She bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. Yahweh loved him;
- 1 Chr 28:5–6Of all my sons (for Yahweh has given me many sons), he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of Yahweh’s kingdom over Israel.
- Matt 1:6Jesse became the father of King David. David became the father of Solomon by her who had been Uriah’s wife.
- 2 Sam 7:2–4the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but God’s ark dwells within curtains.”
- 1 Chr 14:4–7These are the names of the children whom he had in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
- Luke 3:31the son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
- 2 Sam 12:1–15Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, “There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
- 2 Sam 5:14–16These are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
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