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David's Half-Sisters?
Commentators point to a seeming contradiction with 2 Samuel 17:25, which suggests Zeruiah and Abigail's father was a man named Nahash, not Jesse. The common explanation is that they were David's half-sisters, daughters of Jesse's wife from her previous marriage to Nahash.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Chronicles 2:16
18th Century
Theologian
Sisters - that is, half-sisters. Abigail and Zeruiah were not daughters of Jesse, but of a certain Nahash, whose widow Jesse married ([Refer…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Chronicles 2:10–17
19th Century
Bishop
I.— (1 Chronicles 2:10–17) The descent of David from Amminadab, of the house of Ram. The royal line n…
John Gill
On 1 Chronicles 2:16
17th Century
Pastor
Whose sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail .
&c.] That is, sisters of David:
and the sons of Zeruiah;…
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Chronicles 2:1–55
17th Century
Minister
We have now come to the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, who were to dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the natio…