Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,
The book containing this list means Words of Days, Records of Events, and stands as one book in the Jewish canon. It deals especially with the kingdom of Judah, the tribe through which Christ came, and this naming of sons belongs to that record of Judah. In its first part it runs parallel to the last part of Samuel, and chapter 14 is a parallel account of the events surrounding David's rise to rule over all Israel.
That chapter presents God's purpose as behind the political changes that brought David to the throne. The verse itself belongs to the record of the prosperous years of David's reign in Jerusalem. It records the names of David's children in Jerusalem — Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon — as part of the carefully preserved genealogies of God's people.
The book containing this list means Words of Days, Records of Events, and stands as one book in the Jewish canon. It deals especially with the kingdom of Judah, the tribe through which Christ came, and this naming of sons belongs to that record of Judah. In its first part it runs parallel to the last part of Samuel, and chapter 14 is a parallel account of the events surrounding David's rise to rule over all Israel.
That chapter presents God's purpose as behind the political changes that brought David to the throne. The verse itself belongs to the record of the prosperous years of David's reign in Jerusalem. It records the names of David's children in Jerusalem — Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon — as part of the carefully preserved genealogies of God's people.