1 Chronicles 3:8
“Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.”
What does 1 Chronicles 3:8 mean?
These are three more sons born to David and Bathsheba in Jerusalem, part of a longer genealogical list in Chronicles. The "nine" at the end refers to the total count of sons David had with Bathsheba (the text earlier lists six others, and this verse adds three more). It's a straightforward historical record from the royal family line, showing how the chronicler was carefully documenting David's descendants to trace the lineage leading to Jesus. For those reading through genealogies, these names matter because they're part of the unbroken chain of God's people, even when the details feel distant from our own lives.