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New Century Version

2 Samuel 3:5

The sixth son was Ithream, whose mother was Eglah, David's wife. These sons were born to David 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 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.
Easy-to-Read Version
The sixth son was Ithream. Ithream's mother was David's wife Eglah. These sons were all born at 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 a long war between the people who supported Saul's family and those who supported David's family. The supporters of David's family became stronger and stronger, but the supporters of Saul's family became weaker and weaker. 2 Sons were born to David at Hebron. The first was Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam from Jezreel. 3 The second son was Kileab, whose mother was Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel. The third son was Absalom, whose mother was Maacah daughter of Talmai, the king of Geshur. 4 The fourth son was Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith. The fifth son was Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital. 5 The sixth son was Ithream, whose mother was Eglah, David's wife. These sons were born to David at Hebron. 6 During the war between the supporters of Saul's family and the supporters of David's family, Abner made himself a main leader among the supporters of Saul.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 3:3 - Eglah

Cross-References

Genesis 2:17
but you must not eat the fruit from the tree which gives the knowledge of good and evil. If you ever eat fruit from that tree, you will die!"
Genesis 3:2
The woman answered the snake, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden.
Genesis 3:3
But God told us, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden. You must not even touch it, or you will die.'"
Genesis 3:6
The woman saw that the tree was beautiful, that its fruit was good to eat, and that it would make her wise. So she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of the fruit to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
Genesis 3:7
Then, it was as if their eyes were opened. They realized they were naked, so they sewed fig leaves together and made something to cover themselves.
Genesis 3:10
The man answered, "I heard you walking in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid."
Genesis 3:13
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "How could you have done such a thing?" She answered, "The snake tricked me, so I ate the fruit."
Genesis 3:14
The Lord God said to the snake, "Because you did this, a curse will be put on you. You will be cursed as no other animal, tame or wild, will ever be. You will crawl on your stomach, and you will eat dust all the days of your life.
Genesis 3:15
I will make you and the woman enemies to each other. Your descendants and her descendants will be enemies. One of her descendants will crush your head, and you will bite his heel."
Genesis 3:22
Then the Lord God said, "Humans have become like one of us; they know good and evil. We must keep them from eating some of the fruit from the tree of life, or they 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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