The House of David Strengthened
2 Samuel 3:2
In 11 translations
- BSB
- And sons were born to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel;
- KJV
- ¶ And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
- WEB
- Sons were born to David in Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
- ASV
- And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his first-born was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
- LSV
- And there are sons born to David in Hebron, and his firstborn is Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess,
- YLT
- And there are born to David sons in Hebron, and his first-born is Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess,
- DBY
- And to David were sons born in Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jizreelitess;
- DRC
- And sons were born to David in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon of Achinoam the Jezrahelitess:
- GNV
- And vnto Dauid were children borne in Hebron: and his eldest sonne was Amnon of Ahinoam the Izreelite,
- JPS
- And unto David were sons born in Hebron; and his first-born was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
- LXXE
- And sons were born to David in Chebron: and his first-born was Amnon the son of Achinoom the Jezraelitess.
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- Written (Ketiv): וַיֵּלְדוּ (“and they gave birth to”). Read aloud (Qere): וַיִּוָּלְד֧וּ (“and they were born”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads וַיִָּלְד֧וּ; read aloud (Qere) reads וַיִּוָּלְד֧וּ (“and they were born”).
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וילדו לְדָוִ֛ד בָּנִ֖ים בְּחֶבְר֑וֹן וַיְהִ֤י בְכוֹרוֹ֙ אַמְנ֔וֹן לַאֲחִינֹ֖עַם הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִֽת׃Read aloud as (qere): וַיִּוָּלְד֧וּAdaptations to a Qere which L and BHS, by their design, do not indicate.
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἐτέχθησαν τῷ Δαυὶδ υἱοὶ ἐν Χεβρών· καὶ ἦν ὁ πρωτότοκος αὐτοῦ Ἀμνὼν τῆς Ἀχινόομ τῆς Ἰεζραηλίτιδος.
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- 1 Chronicles 3:1–4These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was Amnon by Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second was Daniel by Abigail of Carmel; the third was Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of…
- 1 Samuel 25:42–43So Abigail hurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David’s messengers and became his wife. David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. So she and Abigail were both his wives.
- Genesis 49:3–4Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power. Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my…
- 2 Samuel 13:1–29After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom. Amnon was sick with frustration over his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed implausible for him to…
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