2nd Samuel Chapter 3 verse 2 Holy Bible
And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his first-born was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
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While David was in Hebron he became the father of sons: the oldest was Amnon, son of Ahinoam of Jezreel;
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And to David were sons born in Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jizreelitess;
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And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
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And to David were sons born in Hebron: and his first-born was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
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To David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
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And there are born to David sons in Hebron, and his first-born is Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - Unto David were sons born. This increase of his wives is mentioned as a proof of David's prosperity. For though contrary to the Law (Deuteronomy 17:17), it was yet looked upon as part of the state of a king, and as such had been practised by Gideon (Judges 8:30), who approached more nearly to the royal dignity than any other of the judges. But it is the rule of the Books of Samuel that they generally abstain alike from praise and 'blame, and allow facts to speak for themselves. But never did a history more clearly deserve the title of 'A Vindication of the Justice of God.' Alike in Eli, in Saul, and in David, their sufferings were the result of their sins, and to the polygamy and lust of the last are due both the crimes which stained his character and the distress of the last twenty years of his life. (For Amnon, his first born, see ch. 13.)
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2-5) And unto David.--The list of David's sons born during his seven and a half years' reign in Hebron rather interrupts the continuity of the narrative, but is quite in accordance with the habit of the sacred historians to insert at the beginning or at some turning point in each reign statistics about the house or family of the king. (See 1Samuel 14:49-51; 2Samuel 5:13; 1Kings 3:1; 1Kings 14:21; 1Kings 15:2; 1Kings 15:9, &c.) . . .