Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 5:14
And these [be] the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
14. And these, &c.] The list of David’s sons is given again in 1Ch 3:5-8, as well as in 1Ch 14:4-7. The first four were sons of Bathsheba, and as Solomon is always placed last it is natural to suppose that he was the youngest. See note on ch. 2Sa 12:24. Josephus distinctly calls him David’s youngest son ( Ant. VII. 14, 2). In 1 Chronicles 3. Shammua is called Shimea, and Elishua appears as Elishama, probably by a scribe’s error. Both lists in Chron. insert two more names, Eliphalet or Elpalet and Nogah. It is possible that they are omitted here because they died in infancy, and that the second Eliphalet was named after his dead brother. Beeliada in 1 Chronicles 14 is another form for Eliada compounded with Baal = lord instead of El = God.
Nothing is known of any of these sons except Solomon and Nathan. It was through the latter that Joseph traced his lineal descent from David, according to the genealogy of our Lord given by St Luke (2Sa 3:31).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 14. These be the names] Eleven children are here enumerated in the Hebrew text; but the Septuagint has no less than twenty-four. I shall insert their names, and the reader if he please may collate them with the text: Sammus, Sobab, Nathan, Solomon, Ebear, Elisue, Naphek, Jephies, Elisama, Elidae, Eliphalath, Samae, Jessibath, Nathan, Galimaan, Jebaar, Theesus, Eliphalat, Naged, Naphek, Jonathan, Leasamus, Baalimath, and Eliphaath. There is no doubt some corruption in these names; there are two of the name of Nathan, two of Eliphalath, and two of Naphek; and probably Sammus and Samae are the same.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
And these [be] the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem,…. The names of his sons, for his daughters are not mentioned, and these seem to be such only that were born of his wives, see 1Ch 3:9;
Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon; these four were by Bathsheba; the first of these is called Shimea, 1Ch 3:5.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(14) These be the names.The same list, with some variations, is given in 1Ch. 3:5-8; 1Ch. 14:5-7. According to 1Ch. 3:5, the first four were children of Bathsheba (Bath-shua), and were consequently not born until a later period of Davids reign. Solomon and Nathan are the two sons through whom St. Matthew and St. Luke trace our Lords genealogy. Although Solomon is placed last in all the lists, he appears, from 2Sa. 12:24, to have been the oldest of Bathshebas sons, and could otherwise hardly have been old enough to take charge of the kingdom at his fathers death. The variations in the names are chiefly mere differences of spelling. The first, Elishama, in 1Ch. 3:6, is evidently a copyists mistake for Elishua, since Elishama occurs again in 2Sa. 5:8; and the names of Eliphalet and Nogah, given in both lists in Chronicles, are omitted here, probably because they died young, the name of the former being given again to the last son in all the lists. In 1Ch. 3:9, it is said that all these were sons of Davids wives, besides those of his concubines.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
14. The names A comparison of these names with the lists in Chronicles will show some discrepancies, for which at this day we are unable to account. Some of them are, perhaps, errors of copyists, but this must not always be supposed. Children who died in infancy were registered in some tables, and in others not.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2Sa 5:14 And these [be] the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
Ver. 14. And Nathan. ] Who therefore cannot be the same with Ithream, born of Eglah, David’s wife, 2Sa 3:5 as some would have it.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the names: 1Ch 3:5-9, 1Ch 14:4
Shammuah: or, Shimea, 1Ch 3:5
Nathan: 2Sa 12:1-7, Luk 2:31
Solomon: 2Sa 12:24, 2Sa 12:25, Mat 1:6
Reciprocal: 1Ch 3:4 – and in Jerusalem 1Ch 3:8 – Eliphelet Zec 12:12 – Nathan Luk 3:31 – of Nathan