John Gill's Exposition on 1 Chronicles 3:9

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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These were all the sons of David, etc.] By his wives: beside the sons of the concubines; who are not reckoned, and how many they were is not known; he had ten concubines at least, (<101516>2 Samuel 15:16) and (<102003>2 Samuel 20:3). And Tamar their sister; not the sister of the sons of the concubines, but of his other sons, and only of Absalom by the mother’s side, of whom (see <101301> 2 Samuel 13:1-39). Ver. 10-14. And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, etc.] From hence to the end of the fourteenth verse, David’s successors are reckoned, according to the order of their reign, unto Josiah and his sons: Solomon, Rehoboam, Abia, Asa, Jehoshaphat, Joram, Ahaziah, Joash, Amaziah, Azariah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh, Amon, Josiah, in all sixteen.

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