1 Chronicles 3:5 Meaning and Explanation
“And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:”
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Read Full Chapter →Four sons were born to David in Jerusalem by Bathshua, among them Nathan and Solomon.
What Does 1 Chronicles 3:5 Mean?
The record moves to the Jerusalem years and names four sons of Bathshua, the wife better known as Bathsheba. Two of these names carry great weight: Solomon, who would build the temple and inherit the throne, and Nathan, through whose line a later genealogy traces the ancestry of Jesus.
That this branch grew from a marriage born in David's deepest failure is striking. Where sin had done its worst, mercy planted a future. God did not discard the broken story but wove redemption straight through it, so that from this very household the Savior of the world would come.
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What does 1 Chronicles 3:5 mean?
Four sons were born to David in Jerusalem by Bathshua, among them Nathan and Solomon.