Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 3:8
Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet—nine in all.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler continues a genealogical register of David’s sons born in Jerusalem, functioning as a neutral administrative record rather than a spoken address.
The words — The Hebrew term תִּשְעָֽה (tish‘ā) literally means "nine," serving as the precise numeral closing the list of sons.
The thread — Parallel genealogies in 1 Chronicles 14:7 and 2 Samuel 5:14 catalog David’s Jerusalem-born children, with 1 Chronicles 14:7 listing Beeliada in the second position instead of Eliada.
Why it lands — Readers must accept the unadorned enumeration of royal offspring to maintain accurate lineage tracking before the narrative transitions to temple construction.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
Cross-references
- 1 Chronicles 14:7 Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphelet.
- 2 Samuel 5:14 These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,