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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
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Intertextuality Pair

1 Chronicles 3:1-9 → 2 Samuel 3:2-5

Quotation

Later text

1 Chronicles 3:1-9BSB

These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was Amnon by Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second was Daniel by Abigail of Carmel; the third was Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith; the fifth was Shephatiah by Abital; and the sixth was Ithream by his wife Eglah. These six sons were born to David in Hebron, where he reigned seven years and six months. And David reigned in Jerusalem thirty-three years, and these sons were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. These four were born to him by Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel. David's other sons were Ibhar, Elishua, Eliphelet, Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet—nine in all. These were all the sons of David, besides the sons by his concubines. And Tamar was their sister.

Earlier text

2 Samuel 3:2-5BSB

And sons were born to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel; his second was Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; his third was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; his fourth was Adonijah, the son of Haggith; his fifth was Shephatiah, the son of Abital; and his sixth was Ithream, by David's wife Eglah. These sons were born to David in Hebron.

Significance

These are parallel lists of David's sons born during his reign at Hebron. Both texts name six sons by six different wives: Amnon by Ahinoam, Daniel/Chileab by Abigail, Absalom by Maacah, Adonijah by Haggith, Shephatiah by Abital, and Ithream by Eglah. The Chronicler's version (1 Chr 3:1-4) follows 2 Samuel 3:2-5 closely, with the notable variant that Samuel's "Chileab" (kilav) appears as "Daniel" in Chronicles. The Chronicler preserves this Hebron-era roster as the opening of the complete Davidic dynasty record that extends through the exile and beyond (1 Chr 3:10-24). Within that register the Chronicler even names Bathsheba as "Bath-shua" (בַּת שׁוּעַ) and lists Solomon among her sons (1 Chr 3:5), folding the offspring of David's most notorious union into the official genealogy that would become the messianic line.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Redemptive-Historical Progression — 2 Samuel 3:2-5's Hebron birth-roster becomes the opening of the Chronicler's complete dynastic register (1 Chr 3), which runs through Solomon, the kings, and the exile to Zerubbabel; the earlier narrative notice is carried forward as the first entry of the documented messianic line.