⁵⁵And the families of scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab. =55.= _families of scribes_] an indication of post-exilic date. _the Kenites that came of Hammath_] or perhaps, =the Kenites who came in= (i.e. who attached themselves to Israel), =who were from Hammath=. _father of the house of Rechab_] The verse is somewhat obscure, but it is most probable that the Chronicler preserves a correct tradition in the connection here alleged between the Rechabites and the Kenites. On the ancient zeal for Jehovah displayed by the Rechabites, see 2 Kings x. 15 ff.; and for their distinctive standpoint, Jeremiah xxxv. CHAPTER III. =1‒24.= THE GENEALOGY OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID. =1‒4= (= 2 Samuel iii. 2‒5). THE SONS BORN TO DAVID IN HEBRON. ¹Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess; =1.= _Daniel_] LXX. (B) Δαμνιήλ, (A) Δαλουιά. In 2 Samuel iii. 3 _Chileab_, but LXX. Δαλουιά. The real name of David’s second son remains therefore uncertain. ²the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; =2.= _Geshur_] Compare ii. 23, note. ³the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife. ⁴Six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years. =3.= _Eglah his wife_] In 2 Samuel iii. 5 “Eglah David’s wife,” where however _David_ is probably a wrong reading for the name of a previous husband of Eglah. =5‒9= (= chapter xiv. 4‒7 and 2 Samuel v. 14‒16). THE SONS BORN TO DAVID IN JERUSALEM. ⁵And these were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel: =5.= _Shimea_] in xiv. 4 and 2 Samuel v. 14 (Revised Version) _Shammua_. _Nathan_] Through him our Lord’s descent is traced in Luke iii. 31. _Solomon_] Only here are other sons besides Solomon attributed to Bath-sheba. _Bath-shua_] is a slight variation in pronunciation of Bath-sheba. _the daughter of Ammiel_] of _Eliam_ (perhaps a by-form of _Ammiel_) in 2 Samuel xi. 3. An Eliam son of Ahithophel, David’s counsellor, is mentioned in 2 Samuel xxiii. 34; Bath-sheba may therefore have been grand-daughter to Ahithophel. Notice that the Chronicler does not call Bath-sheba _the wife of Uriah the Hittite_; he nowhere refers to David’s great sin; compare xx. 1‒3, where the silence of Chronicles on this matter is specially to be noted. ⁶and Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet; ⁷and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia;