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1 Chronicles 3:2
the third was Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The chronicler lists David’s sons born during his Hebron reign, positioning Absalom and Adonijah as the third and fourth in this specific genealogical sequence.
The words — `בַּת\־ (bat-)` = daughter of and `גְּשׁ֑וּר (ge.Shur)` = Geshur, identifying Maacah’s royal paternal lineage and her foreign territorial origin.
The thread — The text cross-references David’s grief over Absalom (2 Samuel 19:4), notes the Israelites’ failure to displace the Geshurites (Joshua 13:13), and parallels the son list in 2 Samuel 3:4 without claiming identical succession.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to track political alliances through maternal lineages and recognize how historical records preserve names without resolving their later narrative outcomes.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
Cross-references
- 2 Samuel 19:4 But the king covered his face and cried out at the top of his voice, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”
- Joshua 13:13 but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath dwell among the Israelites to this day.
- 2 Samuel 3:4 his fourth was Adonijah, the son of Haggith; his fifth was Shephatiah, the son of Abital;
- 2 Samuel 13:1 After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 13:20 Her brother Absalom said to her, “Has your brother Amnon been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister. He is your brother. Do not take this thing to heart.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in the house of her brother Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 13:38 After Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, he stayed there three years.
- 2 Samuel 14:23 So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 14:32 “Look,” said Absalom, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.’ So now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”
- 2 Samuel 15:8 For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ‘If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’”
- 2 Samuel 18:14 But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.