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2 Samuel 3:5

2 Samuel 3:5
And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife,.... Who also is not spoken of in any other place; only, in a like chronological account as the former, it is remarked that the mother of this only is…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Samuel 3:1-6

Here is, I. The struggle that David had with the house of Saul before his settlement in the throne was completed, Sa2 3:1. 1. Both sides contested. Saul's house, though beheaded and diminished, would…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Eglah David's wife A Jewish tradition as old as the time of Jerome (Quaest. Hebr. in libros Regum) makes Eglah (heifer, cp. Jdg 14:18) another name for Michal, who is supposed to be particularly…