2 Samuel 5:11-16

Contemporary English Version

¹¹King Hiram of Tyre sent some officials to David. Carpenters and stone workers came with them, and they brought cedar logs so they could build David a palace.

¹²David knew that the Lord had made him king of Israel and that he had made him a powerful ruler for the good of his people.

David's Sons Born in Jerusalem

(1 Chronicles 14.3-7)

¹³After David left Hebron and moved to Jerusalem, he married many women^[a] from Jerusalem,^[b] and he had a lot of children. ¹⁴His sons who were born there were Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, ¹⁵Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, ¹⁶Elishama, Eliada,^[c] and Eliphelet.

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Footnotes

5.13 married many women: Some of these women were second-class wives (see the note at 3.7).
5.13 from Jerusalem: Or “in Jerusalem.”
5.16 Eliada: See 1 Chronicles 3.6-8. First Chronicles 14.7 has “Beeliada.”