These are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
Parallel translations
- KJV And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
- BSB These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
- NKJV Now these are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
- NASB Now these are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
- NLT These are the names of David’s sons who were born in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
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Cross-references · 6
- 1 Chr 3:5–9and these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel;
- 1 Chr 14:4These are the names of the children whom he had in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
- 2 Sam 12:1–7Yahweh 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.
- Luke 2:31which you have prepared before the face of all peoples;
- 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 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;
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