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Sons Born in Hebron.[a] Sons were born to David at Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam of Jezreel; his second was Chileab, whose mother was Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel; his third was Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, the king of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith; the fifth was Shephatiah, the son of Abital;

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  1. 2 Samuel 3:2 This list, which is completed further on (2 Sam 5:13-16), helps us identify the precise relationship of the personages in the stories that follow. The list names only the firstborn of each wife. Marital morality, which shows such progress in the later sapiential books, has not yet distanced itself from the pagan customs of the East.