2 Samuel 5:14

5:14 These are the names of children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

2 Samuel 5:1

David Is Anointed King Over Israel

5:1 All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron saying, “Look, we are your very flesh and blood! ¹ 

1 Chronicles 3:5

3:5 These were the sons born to him in Jerusalem:

Shimea, ²  Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon – the mother of these four was Bathsheba ³  the daughter of Ammiel. ⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “look we are your bone and your flesh.”

¹ tn “Shimea” (שִׁמְעָא, shim’a’) is a variant spelling of “Shammua” (שַׁמּוּעַ, shammua’; see 2 Sam 5:14). Some English versions use the spelling “Shammua” here (e.g., NIV, NCV).

² tn Most Hebrew mss read “Bathshua” here, but 2 Sam 12:24 makes it clear Bathsheba was Solomon’s mother. “Bathsheba” is read by one Hebrew ms and the Vulgate. Many English translations (e.g., NAB, NIV, NLT) render the name “Bathsheba” to avoid confusion.

³ tn In 2 Sam 11:3 Bathsheba is called “the daughter of Eliam,” while here her father’s name is given as “Ammiel.”