1 Chronicles 5:14

Children of Abihail. The clans mentioned in v. 13 were sons of Abihail. Abihail’s descent is then traced back to Buz. The name Buz occurs in Gen. 22:21 as a son of Nahor, and Buzite appears in Job 32:2 describing the clan of Elihu.

The names. The sons here mentioned (vs. 14-16) were born in Jerusalem; for those born in Hebron see ch. 3:2-5. The same list, with some variations, is found in 1 Chron. 3:5-8; 14:4-7. The first four born in Jerusalem were the children of Bathsheba (1 Chron. 3:5). They were consequently born at a later period of David’s reign. All lists place Solomon last among the four sons of Bathsheba, but 2 Sam. 12:24 would indicate that he was the eldest of the surviving children (see 2 Sam. 12:14). The variations in these lists do not necessarily mean scribal errors. Two names not mentioned in this passage are found in the Chronicles list, and Chileab (2 Sam. 3:3) is called Daniel. The first is a matter of incompleteness, the second may merely indicate that one son bore more than one name.