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Wives of King David: King David’s Children

September 1, 2016 3 comments

<img width="300" height="225" src="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/father-and-son.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1" class="alignleft wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="3613" data-permalink="https://dianaleaghmatthews.com/king-davids-children/father-and-son/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/father-and-son.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-orig-size="300,225" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="father and son" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>King David had many sons</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/father-and-son.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/father-and-son.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" />

We’ve been studying the lives and lessons from the wives of King David, including the childless wife, some nameless concubines, a bed warmer and an almost wife. But what about his children? Only one daughter is mentioned by name. She is Tamar, daughter of Maacah. Her name is Hebrew and means date palm, palm tree or a date {the fruit}. She […]

Wives of King David: Haggith

July 14, 2016 Leave a comment

<img width="300" height="225" src="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Adonijah.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1" class="alignleft wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="3583" data-permalink="https://dianaleaghmatthews.com/haggith/adonijah/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Adonijah.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-orig-size="300,225" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Adonijah" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Haggith was mother to Adonijah</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Adonijah.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Adonijah.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" />

Haggith is mentioned three times in the old testament in the line of David’s wives. {2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Kings 1-2; 1 Chronicles 3:2} According to Wikipedia her name means festive. One wonders if she was the belle of the ball, given the meaning of her name. She is listed as the mother of Adonijah. He was born to […]

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Wives of King David: King David’s Children

Wives of King David: Haggith