1Ch 3:1-9 | MHM | STEP | The Family of David This section gives a list of King David’s sons. It shows that David had many children, but not all of them followed his good example. The story of David’s family reminds us that having many children is a blessing, but it also brings challenges. Some of David’s sons brought him trouble, and only Solomon followed his devotion, though not fully. This genealogy is important because it shows the family line from which Jesus came (Luke 3:31 ). It also teaches us that God is the one who chooses leaders, not just people’s talents or family position. v. 1–4 : The Bible lists the sons born to David in Hebron. He had six sons by six different mothers. This happened before he became king over all Israel. We read about these sons in 2 Samuel 3:2–5 . The Bible says, Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them (Psalm 127:5 ), showing that children are a blessing.

‏ 1 Chronicles 3:1-9

The Family of David

This section gives a list of King David’s sons. It shows that David had many children, but not all of them followed his good example. The story of David’s family reminds us that having many children is a blessing, but it also brings challenges. Some of David’s sons brought him trouble, and only Solomon followed his devotion, though not fully. This genealogy is important because it shows the family line from which Jesus came (Luke 3:31 ^a). It also teaches us that God is the one who chooses leaders, not just people’s talents or family position.

v. 1–4: The Bible lists the sons born to David in Hebron. He had six sons by six different mothers. This happened before he became king over all Israel. We read about these sons in 2 Samuel 3:2–5 ^b. The Bible says, Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them (Psalm 127:5 ^c), showing that children are a blessing.

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v. 5–8: David had more sons in Jerusalem. Solomon was one of these, and he was chosen to be king after David. Solomon’s birth is special because he came from Bath-sheba. Another son was called Nathan, maybe named after the prophet Nathan who helped David repent. Jesus was a descendant of this Nathan (Luke 3:31 ^d). There are two sons named Elishama and two named Eliphelet. This probably happened because the first ones died young, and David used the names again.

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v. 9: David had other sons by his concubines, but their names are not listed. The children of concubines did not have the same honor as the others. This might be because some concubines were disloyal to David when Absalom rebelled (v. 9 ^e).