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Who was David's second son?
Both genealogies identify the same birth position and mother, but give the son different names.
- Textual conflict
- Interpretive tension
- The passages pull in different directions, but the conflict depends on how their wording, scope, or narrative context is read.
- Importance
- Minor
- A local detail in a story, chronology, or inventory.
Father, mother, and birth order match exactly while the recorded names differ, with no alternate-name explanation supplied.
An editorial assessment of the quoted passages. Importance describes the stakes; it does not increase certainty. Reading order weighs both.
David's second son by Abigail is called Chileab
And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
2 Samuel 3:3
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
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David's second son by Abigail is called Daniel
Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess:
1 Chronicles 3:1
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
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