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1 Chronicles 3:1–9, “Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess: The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith: The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife. These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years. And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel: Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.”
As the king, David had more than one wife. He had sons and daughters, the first son was Amnon, who raped his half sister and was murdered by his brother. His third son was called Absalom who was very ambitious and tried to take the kingdom from his father before his father died. Absalom was killed and forgotten. We can see that David made some political marriages to cement alliances with kings from the surrounding countries as well. David also had a son called Solomon, who became king after David died.
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