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Adonijah, the fourth son of King David from Haggith (2 Samuel 3:4). He attempted to usurp the throne during the life of David (1 Kings 1:11ff). Solomon had him executed after being warned to remember his place in the line of succession per King David’s instruction regarding the crown. 1 Kings 1:32–35; 1:50–53; 2:13–25.
Joab was the son of Zeruiah, a sister of king David (1 Chronicles 2:15–16). According to Josephus (Antiquities VII, 1, 3) his father was called Suri. [1] Joab had two brothers, Abishai and Asahel. Asahel was killed by Abner in combat, for which Joab took revenge by murdering Abner against David's wishes and shortly after David and Abner had ...
Nathan (son of David) Nathan (Hebrew: נתן, Modern: Natan, Tiberian: Nāṯān) was the youngest son among four or five children born to King David and Bathsheba in Jerusalem if names were written in order in the Bible (besides Solomon). [1] He was a younger brother of Shammuah (sometimes referred to as Shammua or Shimea) and Shobab, and ...
David's Mighty Warriors (also known as David's Mighty Men or the Gibborim; Hebrew: הַגִּבֹּרִ֛ים, romanized: hagGībōrīm, lit. 'the Mighty') are a group of 37 men in the Hebrew Bible who fought with King David and are identified in 2 Samuel 23:8–38 , part of the "supplementary information" added to the Second Book of Samuel in ...
The Davidic line or House of David (Hebrew: בֵּית דָּוִד, romanized:Bēt Dāvīḏ) is the lineage of the Israelite king David. In Judaism, it is based on texts from the Hebrew Bible and through the succeeding centuries based on later traditions. According to the Bible, David, of the Tribe of Judah, was the third king of the United ...
Father. David. Mother. Bathsheba. Solomon (/ ˈsɒləmən /), [a] also called Jedidiah, [b] was a monarch of ancient Israel and the son and successor of King David, according to the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament. [4][5] He is described as having been the penultimate ruler of an amalgamated Israel and Judah.
Chileab (Hebrew: כִלְאָב, Ḵīləʾāḇ) also known as Daniel, was the second son of David, King of Israel, according to the Bible. He was David's son with his second wife Abigail, widow of Nabal the Carmelite, and is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 3:1, and 2 Samuel 3:3. Unlike the other of David's three elder sons, Amnon, Absalom, and ...
Absalom (Hebrew: אַבְשָׁלוֹם ʾAḇšālōm, "father of peace ") was the third son of David, King of Israel with Maacah, daughter of Talmai, King of Geshur. [2] 2 Samuel 14:25 describes him as the handsomest man in the kingdom. [3] Absalom eventually rebelled against his father and was killed during the Battle of Ephraim's Wood.