2 Samuel 3:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁵And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.

2 Samuel 3:5 —

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Topics

Bigamy Concubinage David Eglah Generals, Distinguished Israel Ithream Polygamy

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-6)

Here is, I. The struggle that David had with the house of Saul before his settlement in the throne was completed, 2 Sam. 3:1. 1. Both sides contested. Saul’s house, though beheaded and diminished, would not fall tamely. It is not strange between them, but one would wonder it should be a long war, when David’s house had right on its side, and therefore God on its side; but, though truth and equity…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

5. Eglah David’s wife--This addition has led many to think that Eglah was another name for Michal, the first and proper wife, who, though she had no family after her insolent ridicule of David (2Sa 6:23), might have had a child before. 2Sa 3:6-12. Abner Revolts to David.