ALL Smart Search: "List the sons of King David and the source Scripture verses"
What absurd results (see graphic).
Looks like a precise search rather than a smart search due to the highlights in the results.
I got these results and correct hits with All Search:
David had 19 named sons and one daughter in Scripture[1], though he also had numerous unnamed children born to wives and concubines[1]. The biblical record emphasizes the most prominent of these children.
Sons Born in Hebron:
The six sons born to David in Hebron were Amnon (firstborn, mother Ahinoam), Daniel (mother Abigail), Absalom (mother Maakah), Adonijah (mother Haggith), Shephatiah (mother Abital), and Ithream (mother Eglah)[2]. These are documented in 2 Samuel 3:2–5 and 1 Chronicles 3:1–4[2].
Sons Born in Jerusalem:
David’s sons born in Jerusalem included Shammua, Shobab, Nathan (ancestor of Christ), Solomon, Ibhar, Elishua, Eliphelet, Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, Elishama, Eliada, and another Eliphelet[3]. These are listed in 1 Chronicles 3:5–8[3].
Scripture References:
The complete genealogical records appear in:
Of these sons, only Amnon, Absalom, Adonijah, and Solomon are described in detail in Scripture[1]. Solomon proved most significant, succeeding David as king and establishing the royal line that continued through Judah’s monarchy[1].
[1] David M. Howard Jr., “David, Sons of,” in The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary, ed. David Noel Freedman (New York: Doubleday, 1992), 2:67. [2] Holy Bible: Evangelical Heritage Version (Milwaukee, WI: Northwestern Publishing House, 2019). [See here, here, here, here.] [3] Leadership Ministries Worldwide, 1 Chronicles, The Preacher’s Outline & Sermon Bible (Chattanooga, TN: Leadership Ministries Worldwide, 2003), 36.
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With Books Search I also get good results and correct hits:
David fathered six sons during his reign in Hebron: Amnon (by Ahinoam of Jezreel), Daniel (by Abigail of Carmel), Absalom (by Maakah, daughter of King Talmai of Geshur), Adonijah (by Haggith), Shephatiah (by Abital), and Ithream (by Eglah)[1]. These births occurred during his seven-and-a-half-year rule from Hebron[1].
After establishing his capital in Jerusalem, David had eleven additional sons, with the first four—Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon—born to Bathsheba[2]. Among these Jerusalem-born sons, Nathan holds particular significance as an ancestor of Christ[3], while Solomon became the most prominent, succeeding David as king and establishing the dynasty that produced the Judahite monarchy[4]. Other sons born in Jerusalem included Ibhar, Elishua, Eliphelet, Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, Elishama, and Eliada[3].
In total, David had 19 named sons and one daughter, all born to his wives, though he also fathered numerous unnamed children through additional wives and concubines[4]. His daughter Tamar is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 3:9[2].
Source Scripture References:
[1] The Holy Bible: Today’s New International Version. (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2005). [See here, here, here.] [2] Thomas Hale, The Applied Old Testament Commentary (Colorado Springs, CO; Ontario, Canada; East Sussex, England: David C. Cook, 2007), 574. [3] Leadership Ministries Worldwide, 1 Chronicles, The Preacher’s Outline & Sermon Bible (Chattanooga, TN: Leadership Ministries Worldwide, 2003), 36. [4] David M. Howard Jr., “David, Sons of,” in The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary, ed. David Noel Freedman (New York: Doubleday, 1992), 2:67.
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With Bible Search I got the correct results from scripture.
I think you wanted the study assistant for this kind of question.
That's exactly what I thought. But the SS icon is showing in the search bar. I wonder how that transpired?
That’s a Precise Search. I don’t think you can say “List the sons…” on a precise search. Keep the quotation marks and just input “Names of sons of David”
Or switch to Smart Search.
Both of my searches precise and smart yielded the results I wanted.
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But doesn't the star symbol to the left of his search indicate that this was supposed to be a Smart search?
I suspect it was a precise search, changed bo smart, but maybe not run. Smart searches do not highlight the search terms.
It sure looks like the output of a precise search, but I don't think you can do a precise search in the ALL category. Also, on the search TAB there is the target symbol which would normally indicate that you have clicked on SEND ALL SEARCHES HERE, and then searched from another page. Can you tell us what the steps you took were that resulted in this.
From the homepage dashboard I put the same sentence in and selected Search Bible. I got a list of the verses that I think you were looking for. I probably would experiment with the "Search Bible" and not Search all books feature and see if that's what you're looking for.
Mine looks alright for AI, I copied your query exactly, see below. I think you were either offline or you did not have credits left, or something similar?
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