1 Chronicles 3:9

Study note

Setting — The Chronicler concludes a specific list of David’s sons by noting the broader category of his offspring, distinguishing them from those born to concubines, and inserting Tamar’s identity before pivoting to Solomon’s descendants.

The words — The text uses `mi.le.Vad` (besides/separated from) and `fi.lag.Shim` (concubines) to draw a legal and genealogical boundary between the listed royal sons and the rest of David’s children.

The thread — This distinction echoes 2 Samuel 5:13, where David acquires more concubines and wives in Jerusalem, and grounds the identity of Tamar noted in 2 Samuel 13:1 as a daughter within that same extended household.

Why it lands — It requires the reader to track how biblical genealogies categorize offspring by maternal status, establishing Tamar’s sibling relationship to the named princes while preparing the narrative for the royal line’s continuation through Solomon.

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