2 Samuel 5:14-16

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.