The sons of King David

3 Six sons of King David were born in Hebron city.

• His oldest son was Amnon, whose mother Ahinoam was from Jezreel city.
• His next son was Daniel, whose mother was Abigail from Carmel city.
• 2 His next son was Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, the king who ruled in Geshur town.
• His next son was Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith.
• 3 The next son was Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital.
• His youngest son was Ithream, whose mother was Eglah.

4 They were all born in Hebron, where David ruled for 7-1/2 years.

After that, David ruled in Jerusalem for 33 years. 5 Many of David’s children were born in Jerusalem.

• Bathsheba, the daughter of Ammiel, gave birth to four of his sons: Shammua (OR, Shimea), Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon.
• 6 Nine other sons of David were also born there. They were Ibhar, Elishua (OR, Elishama), Eliphelet, 7 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, 8 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
• 9 In addition to all those sons, David’s slave wives also gave birth to sons. David also had one daughter whose name was Tamar.