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Six sons of King David were born in the city of Hebron. His oldest son was Amnon, whose mother Ahinoam was from the city of Jezreel. His next son was Daniel, whose mother was Abigail from the city of Carmel.
His next son was Absalom, whose mother was Maakah the daughter of Talmai, the king who ruled in the city of Geshur. His next son was Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith.
The next son was Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital. His youngest son was Ithream, whose mother was Eglah.
They were all born in Hebron, where David ruled for seven and one-half years. After that, David ruled in Jerusalem for thirty-three years.
Many of David's children were born in Jerusalem. Bathsheba, daughter of Ammiel, gave birth to four of his sons: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon.
Nine other sons of David were also born there. They were Ibhar, Elishua, Eliphelet,
Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,
Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
In addition to all those sons, David's slave wives also gave birth to sons. David also had a daughter named Tamar.
Solomon's son was King Rehoboam. Rehoboam's son was King Abijah. Abijah's son was King Asa. Asa's son was King Jehoshaphat.
Jehoshaphat's son was King Jehoram. Jehoram's son was King Ahaziah. Ahaziah's son was King Joash.
Joash's son was King Amaziah. Amaziah's son was King Azariah. Azariah's son was King Jotham.
Jotham's son was King Ahaz. Ahaz's son was King Hezekiah. Hezekiah's son was King Manasseh.
Manasseh's son was King Amon. Amon's son was King Josiah.
Josiah's oldest son was Johanan. His other sons were Jehoiakim, Zedekiah, and Shallum.
Jehoiakim's son was Jehoiachin. The last king was Zedekiah.
Jehoiachin was captured and taken to Babylon. His sons were Shealtiel,
Malkiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
Pedaiah's sons were Zerubbabel and Shimei. Two of Zerubbabel's sons were Meshullam and Hananiah, and their sister was Shelomith.
Zerubbabel's five other sons were Hashubah, Ohel, Berekiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-Hesed.
The sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah and Jeshaiah. Jeshaiah's son was Rephaiah. After him, other descendants of Hananiah were Arnan, Obadiah, and Shekaniah.
Shekaniah's son was Shemaiah. Shemaiah's five sons were Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat.
Neariah's three sons were Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam.
Elioenai's seven sons were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani.
Source
Unlocked Dynamic Bible. Original work of the Unlocked Dynamic Bible in English available at https://unfoldingword.org/udb/. By the Door43 World Missions Community (Wycliffe Associates release v19-10); based on A Translation for Translators by Ellis W. Deibler, Jr. (CC BY-SA 4.0). Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: Door43 WycliffeAssociates/en_udb release v19-10. Changes: reformatted for display (USFM to verses); no wording changed. Audio (including text-to-speech) and other adaptations are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Where a verse number appears twice in the source, the first copy is shown. Editorial rendering: in this app the divine name "Yahweh" is displayed and read aloud as "God" (and "Yahweh God" as "God"). The stored text and the imported source are unchanged; this is a display-layer substitution, not part of the translation.
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