Today is 6/2/2022 and I have a traditional trivia question for you today, instead of a ‘story-riddle.’
If you can recall back in March, we had a Trivia Thursday question re: King David’s children, and we learned that David had a total of 20 children.
Of those 20 children, David had 19 sons, but he only had one Daughter named Tamar, who was raped by one of his sons, named Amnon.
Now most of David’s sons were not as problematic as Amnon, but David did have 2 more sons who were rebellious and showed the King a great lack of respect…these 2 sons went so far as to usurp their father’s throne while he was yet alive…thus Today’s Trivia Challenge!!
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Not one, but two of King David’s sons attempted to usurp his throne while he was still the King in Israel…Who Were They??
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I will post the answer on 5/4- Solution Saturday!!
Well this week our Trivia Thursday questions were fill in the blank.
Our Question was: Who’s Your Mom?
So we just filled in the correct name of the mother associated with her child’s name (provided.)
The children listed were some of the sons and the 1 daughter of King David of Israel, who had a total of 8 wives.
When I was setting up the trivia question, adding up the numbers of wives and children, I noticed that David’s first wife was not listed there in 1 Chronicles 3:1-9.
Now I am a King David fan, so I am very attentive to details when I am reading anything regarding David. And so, I remembered that David was married to one of King Saul’s daughters.
After David killed Goliath, Saul promised his daughter to David in marriage. In fact, Saul promised his eldest daughter Merab, but defaulted on his initial promise to David and gave him Michal, his younger daughter to marry instead.
Michal was David’s very first wife, but they did not have any children together – which is why she is not listed along with the other wives. She was not a mother to any of David’s children. In fact, Michal remained childless throughout the entire marriage, even until her death.
Now Michal was initially an excellent wife to David. She loved David sorely -and even protected him from Saul’s wrath, but David and Saul had a very difficult, love/hate relationship, and Michal was an unfortunate casualty of Saul’s never-ending war with David.
I could go on and on, but I will spill Tea on both Saul and Michal at a later date…🫖
But For Today- I have Answers!!
Absalom and Tamar are the children of David and Maacah.
Daniel is the son of David and Abigail.
Amnon is the son of David and Ahinoam.
Nathan is the son of David and Bathsheba.
Adonijah is the son of David and Haggith.
Shephatiah is the son of David and Abital.
Ithream is the son of David and Eglah.
BONUS******David had one more Wife. Her name was Michal. (1 Samuel 18:27)
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I hope You Enjoyed These- I sure Did!!💕
Until Next Time, Remember…
God Loves 💕You and So Do I!!
-Tam
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Last Week we learned about a Daughter of a King named, Tamar. She was daughter to the King of Israel and her mother was named, Maacah.
Maacah was one of King David’s 8 (eight) wives, not to mention his many concubines. Maacah was a ‘primary wife’ to David, and she was also the mother of Absalom, Tamar’s older (full) brother.
In addition to Absalom, King David had 18 other sons, and Tamar was his only girl – for a total of 20 children.
Each of David’s 20 children are listed by name in the book of Chronicles.
Unfortunately, none of the names of David’s concubines/secondary wives are listed there – nor any children of the concubines.
But we do find the names of 7 (seven) of David’s primary wives on this list- but for some reason, one of the wives (name) is missing from this list!!
Thus Today’s Trivia Challenge + BONUS!!
‘Who Is Your Mom??’
I have some of David’s ‘named’ children listed below- in no particular order; can you match the child with his/her Mom??
BONUS +++++++Which of the wives is missing from this list??
There should be a total of 8 wives.
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Absalom and Tamar are the children of David and _________________.
Daniel is the son of David and ______________.
Amnon is the son of David and ________________.
Nathan is the son of David and ____________.
Adonijah is the son of David and _____________.
Shephatiah is the son of David and ______________.
Ithream is the son of David and _______________.
BONUS
David had one more Wife. Her name was___________________??
Grab Your Bibles and Have Fun!!
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I will post Answers on Solution Saturday.
Until Next Time, Remember…
God Loves 💕You and So Do I!!
-Tam
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