Chapter 3
Genealogy of David's descendants. Should be the Kingly line. And a lot of it is, but some is additional information about sons besides the first ones. David's second son, born to Abigail, Nabal's widow, was named Daniel. I don't remember any additional information on this son. There's quite a bit about the first son, Amnon, and the third, Absalom. These, and three more - so six sons - were all born in Hebron while David ruled Judah and a little more from there.
You get the names of "most" of the Kings of Judah in this section - vss 10-24, the end of the chapter. They all came through Solomon, and Rehoboam.
2026 - Here is something interesting. Six sons born in Hebron. Each to a different mother. The first's mother was Ahinoam. They lived in Hebron for 7 1/2 years, and presumably, Ahinoam did not get pregnant again in all that time. That seems to be true of each wife. Six sons by six mothers, none of whom had a second son in that whole 7 1/2 years. Was that the custom of the time? Was there some special reason for that? Or was it respectful of the bearer of the first son not to have any more out of respect for the later mothers? It seems to me that in an age when there was no birth control, that all sexual relations with the first wife must have ended when she gave birth. That even though David had six wives, he was only in relationships with them one at a time - essentially exclusive with that wife - until a child was born. How odd.
2026 - But in Jerusalem, Bathsheba gave him four sons. And she is the only mother named here, though other sons are named. And then we have the sons of the concubines...who don't even rate our hearing the son's names much less their mother's names.
2026 - In vs 15 you get that mishmash of Kings that were demoted, captured and taken away, and/or named ruler by a foreign King who also changed their names. But here they all are, in one place, so we can see the precise relationships.
2026 - This is a chapter to have handy and printed out BEFORE reading 2 Samuel, and the Kings.