Text: 1 Chronicles 3:1-9
OT Text Referred to: 2 Samuel 3:13-16
Subject: David's wives and sons at Hebron
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: The Chronicler's list of David's sons born in Hebron and Jerusalem (1 Chr 3:1-9) parallels 2 Samuel 3:13-16, which narrates David's demand for the return of Michal, Saul's daughter. The 2 Samuel context focuses on the political dynamics of David's marriages during the Hebron period, while the Chronicler distills this into a clean genealogical record. Both texts attest to the multiplying of David's house (bayit) as God promised through Nathan, though the Chronicler omits the narrative complications surrounding Michal and the weeping Paltiel.
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Text: 2 Samuel 3:13-16
OT Text Referred to: 1 Chronicles 3:1-9
Subject: David's wives and sons in Hebron and Jerusalem
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: 2 Samuel 3:13-16 narrates David's political demand to reclaim Michal as wife, part of his strategy to consolidate power over both Judah and Israel. 1 Chronicles 3:1-9 provides the comprehensive genealogical register of David's sons from all his wives, covering both the Hebron period (six sons by six wives) and the Jerusalem period (thirteen sons plus Tamar). The Chronicler notably identifies "Daniel" as David's second son (1 Chr 3:1), while 2 Samuel 3:3 names this son "Chileab" — a discrepancy that suggests either a name change or variant textual traditions. The genealogical catalog functions as the official dynastic record of the בֵּית דָּוִד (bet David, "house of David"), from which the messianic line through Solomon would be traced.
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Text: 2 Samuel 3:13
OT Text Referred to: 1 Chronicles 3:1
Subject: sons born to David in Jerusalem
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: 2 Samuel 3:13 records David's demand that Michal, Saul's daughter, be returned to him before he would negotiate with Abner, asserting his legitimate claim to the Saulide dynasty through marriage. 1 Chronicles 3:1 begins the genealogy of David's sons born in Hebron, listing his wives and offspring in a formal register. The connection lies in the Chronicler's systematic recording of David's family — the same dynastic concerns that drove David to reclaim Michal appear in the genealogical framework the Chronicler constructs. The Chronicler's list names sons born to David in Hebron and Jerusalem, creating the official record of the בֵּית דָּוִד (bet David, "house of David") that grounds the Davidic covenant promises in concrete genealogical reality.