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2 Samuel 3:5

The sixth son was Ithream. Ithream's mother was David's wife Eglah. These sons were all born at Hebron.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - David;   Eglah;   Ithream;   Polygamy;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Marriage;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Bathsheba;   Concubine;   Marriage;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Eternity of God;   Easton Bible Dictionary - David;   Eglah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ithream;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Eglah;   Heifer;   Ithream;   Palace;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Eglah;   Ithream;   Maacah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Eglah ;   Ithream ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Dwelling;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eg'lah;   Ith're-Am;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - David;   Eglah;   Haggith;   Ithream;   Jerimoth;   Samuel, Books of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Eglah;   Genealogy;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
the sixth was Ithream,
Hebrew Names Version
and the sixth, Yitre`am, of `Eglah, David's wife. These were born to David in Hevron.
King James Version
And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
Lexham English Bible
The sixth was Ithream by Eglah the wife of David. These were born to David in Hebron.
English Standard Version
and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah, David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
New Century Version
The sixth son was Ithream, whose mother was Eglah, David's wife. These sons were born to David at Hebron.
New English Translation
His sixth son was Ithream, born to David's wife Eglah. These sons were all born to David in Hebron.
Amplified Bible
and the sixth, Ithream, by David's wife Eglah. These [sons] were born to David in Hebron.
New American Standard Bible
and the sixth, Ithream, by David's wife Eglah. These sons were born to David in Hebron.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the sixt, Ithream by Eglah Dauids wife: these were borne to Dauid in Hebron.
Legacy Standard Bible
and the sixth, Ithream, by David's wife Eglah. These were born to David at Hebron.
Complete Jewish Bible
and the sixth, Yitre‘am, whose mother was ‘Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hevron.
Darby Translation
and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
George Lamsa Translation
And the sixth, Ithream, by Davids wife Eglah. These were born to David in Hebron.
Good News Translation
Ithream, whose mother was Eglah. All of these sons were born in Hebron.
Literal Translation
And the sixth was Ithream, of Eglah the wife of David. These were born to David in Hebron.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
ye sixte Ierhream of Egla Dauids wife. These were borne vnto Dauid at Hebron.
American Standard Version
and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah, David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
Bible in Basic English
And the sixth, Ithream, whose mother was David's wife Eglah. These were the sons of David, whose birth took place in Hebron.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the sixt Iethream, by Egla Dauids wyfe: These were borne to Dauid in Hebron.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
King James Version (1611)
And the sixth, Ithream by Eglah Dauids wife: these were borne to Dauid in Hebron.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the sixth was Jetheraam, the son of Ægal the wife of David. These were born to David in Chebron.
English Revised Version
and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah David’s wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
Berean Standard Bible
and his sixth was Ithream, by David's wife Eglah. These sons were born to David in Hebron.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
the wijf of Dauid. These weren borne to Dauid in Ebron.
Young's Literal Translation
and the sixth [is] Ithream, of Eglah wife of David; these have been born to David in Hebron.
Update Bible Version
and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah, David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
World English Bible
and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah, David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
New King James Version
and the sixth, Ithream, by David's wife Eglah. These were born to David in Hebron.
New Living Translation
The sixth was Ithream, whose mother was Eglah, David's wife. These sons were all born to David in Hebron.
New Life Bible
And the sixth was Ithream, by David's wife Eglah. These sons were born to David at Hebron.
New Revised Standard
and the sixth, Ithream, of David's wife Eglah. These were born to David in Hebron.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the sixth Ithream, by Eglah wife of David. These, were born unto David, in Hebron.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the sixth Jethraam of Egla the wife of David: these were born to David In Hebron.
Revised Standard Version
and the sixth, Ith're-am, of Eglah, David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and the sixth, Ithream, by David's wife Eglah. These were born to David at Hebron.

Contextual Overview

1 There was war for a long time between Saul's family and David's family. David became stronger and stronger, but Saul's family became weaker and weaker. 2 These are David's sons who were born at Hebron: The first son was Amnon. Amnon's mother was Ahinoam from Jezreel. 3 The second son was Kileab. His mother was Abigail, who had been the wife of Nabal from Carmel. The third son was Absalom. Absalom's mother was Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur. 4 The fourth son was Adonijah. Adonijah's mother was Haggith. The fifth son was Shephatiah. Shephatiah's mother was Abital. 5 The sixth son was Ithream. Ithream's mother was David's wife Eglah. These sons were all born at Hebron. 6 As the families of Saul and David fought each other, Abner became more and more powerful in Saul's army.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 3:3 - Eglah

Cross-References

Genesis 2:17
But you must not eat from the tree that gives knowledge about good and evil. If you eat fruit from that tree, on that day you will certainly die!"
Genesis 3:2
The woman answered the snake, "No, we can eat fruit from the trees in the garden.
Genesis 3:3
But there is one tree we must not eat from. God told us, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden. You must not even touch that tree, or you will die.'"
Genesis 3:6
The woman could see that the tree was beautiful and the fruit looked so good to eat. She also liked the idea that it would make her wise. So she took some of the fruit from the tree and ate it. Her husband was there with her, so she gave him some of the fruit, and he ate it.
Genesis 3:7
Then it was as if their eyes opened, and they saw things differently. They saw that they were naked. So they got some fig leaves, sewed them together, and wore them for clothes.
Genesis 3:10
The man said, "I heard you walking in the garden, and I was afraid. I was naked, so I hid."
Genesis 3:13
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What have you done?" She said, "The snake tricked me, so I ate the fruit."
Genesis 3:14
So the Lord God said to the snake, "You did this very bad thing, so bad things will happen to you. It will be worse for you than for any other animal. You must crawl on your belly and eat dust all the days of your life.
Genesis 3:15
I will make you and the woman enemies to each other. Your children and her children will be enemies. You will bite her child's foot, but he will crush your head."
Genesis 3:22
The Lord God said, "Look, the man has become like us—he knows about good and evil. And now the man might take the fruit from the tree of life. If the man eats that fruit, he will live forever."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife,.... Who also is not spoken of in any other place; only, in a like chronological account as the former, it is remarked that the mother of this only is called David's wife; the reason of which is supposed to be, either because she was a person of no note, and had nothing else to distinguish her; but the same may be said of the two foregoing; or because she was his beloved wife, his heifer, as her name signifies; hence the Jews y take her to be Michal his first wife, whom he greatly loved, and who, though she had no children after her contempt of David for playing before the ark, unto the day of her death, yet might have before: but it should be observed, that as yet she was not returned to David in Hebron; and when she was returned, did not seem to continue there long enough to have a son there; and besides, being his first wife, would not be reckoned last; but still more foreign is another notion of the Jews z, that she was Saul's widow, who though she might not be married to another might be married to a king, as David was; and this they suppose receives some confirmation from 2 Samuel 12:8; but after all it may be this phrase "David's wife", as some have observed, by a figure the rhetoricians call "zeugma", or "hypozeugma", is to be joined to everyone of the women before mentioned, 2 Samuel 3:2, who were his wives, and so called to distinguish them from his concubines, by whom he had sons also. Polygamy, or plurality of wives, which David gave into, is no favourable part of his character.

y T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 21. 1. Hieron. Trad. Heb. in 2 Reg. fol. 77. F. z In Kimchi & Ben Gersom in loc.


 
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