Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Chronicles 3:5-8

"and these were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel; and Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine." — 1 Chronicles 3:5-8 (ASV)

The thirteen sons born in Jerusalem. See 2 Samuel 5:14–16, and 1 Chronicles 14:4–7, where this list is repeated with some variations (1 Chronicles 3:5). The four sons of Bath-sheba, called here Bath-shua, a weakened form, if not a copyist’s error. By a similar change the Elishama of 1 Chronicles 3:6 appears in Samuel as Elishua.

Shimea (“report”) was a son of Jesse (1 Chronicles 2:13). Perhaps, therefore, Shammua (“famous”) is correct here, as in Samuel.

Ammiel and Eliam are transposed forms of the same name, meaning “El is a tribesman” (‘am=gens, el = deus). (Compare Ahaziah and Jehoahaz, Nethaniah and Jehonathan, and many similar transpositions.) So in Greek, Theodoros and Dorotheos, Philotheos and Theophilos exist side by side.