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Chapter 3

A lengthy war ensued between the house of Saul and the house of David. As time went on, David grew steadily stronger, while the house of Saul became notably weaker.

Sons Born in Hebron.[a] Sons were born to David at Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam of Jezreel;

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Footnotes

  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.