The sons of King David
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The following were the sons of King David who were born in the city of Hebron: His oldest son was Amnon, whose mother Ahinoam was from the city of Jezreel.
His second son was Daniel, whose mother Abigail was from the city of Carmel. 2 His third son was Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, the king who ruled in the city of Geshur.
His fourth son was Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith. 3 His fifth son was Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital.
His sixth son was Ithream. David had him with his wife Eglah.
4 All six were born in Hebron, where David ruled for seven and one-half years.
Bathshua, the daughter of Ammiel, gave birth to four of his sons: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon.
6 Other sons were Ibhar, Elishua, Elphelet, 7 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, 8 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine in all.
9 In addition to all those sons, David’s slave wives also gave birth to sons. They all had a sister named Tamar.
10 Solomon’s son was King Rehoboam.
Rehoboam’s son was King Abijah.
Abijah’s son was King Asa.
Asa’s son was King Jehoshaphat.
11 Jehoshaphat’s son was King Joram.
Joram’s son was King Ahaziah.
Ahaziah’s son was King Joash.
12 Joash’s son was King Amaziah.
Amaziah’s son was King Azariah.
Azariah’s son was King Jotham.
13 Jotham’s son was King Ahaz.
Ahaz’s son was King Hezekiah.
Hezekiah’s son was King Manasseh.
14 Manasseh’s son was King Amon.
Amon’s son was King Josiah.
15 Josiah had four sons. The oldest was Johanan. The second was Jehoiakim. The third was Zedekiah. The fourth was Shallum.
16 The descendants of Jehoiakim included Jehoiakim’s son Jeconiah and Jeconiah’s son Zedekiah.
17 Jeconiah was taken into exile in Babylon. His sons were Shealtiel, 18 Malkiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
19 Pedaiah’s sons were Zerubbabel and Shimei.
Two of Zerubbabel’s sons were Meshullam and Hananiah, and their sister was Shelomith. 20 Zerubbabel’s five other sons were Hashubah, Ohel, Berekiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-Hesed.
21 Hananiah’s descendants were Pelatiah, Jeshaiah, the sons of Rephaiah, of Arnan, of Obadiah, and of Shecaniah.
22 Shecaniah’s six descendants were Shemaiah and Shemaiah’s sons Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat.
23 Neariah’s three sons were Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam.
24 Elioenai’s seven sons were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani.