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and these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel;
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Commentators explain that names in this verse differ from other accounts (e.g., Bathsheba is called Bathshua, and her father Eliam is Ammiel). This was common in ancient texts. Scholars note that name elements were often transposed (Ammiel/Eliam) or had slight sound shifts (Bathsheba/Bathshua), and these variations do not represent a contradiction.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Bathshua, the daughter of Ammiel — Both names are given here in an unusual form, but it may be doubted whether in either case there has been…
19th Century
Anglican
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 v…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Whose names follow, in all nine; there are but seven mentioned in ([R…
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