1 Chronicles 14:1-7--David's Wives and Children

1 Chronicles 14:1-7
English Standard Version

David's Wives and Children
14 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also masons and carpenters to build a house for him. 2 And David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, and that his kingdom was highly exalted for the sake of his people Israel.

​3 And David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David fathered more sons and daughters. 4 These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, 5 Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet, 6 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, 7 Elishama, Beeliada and Eliphelet.

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Hiram, king of Tyre wanted to help David help Solomon build the Temple and understood that David wanted to make all the preparations for Solomon that he could.  Hiram was happy to help by providing skilled laborers as well as the finest materials that he had to offer--like cedar trees from Lebanon that he cut and floated down the sea.  David acquired much wealth, but it was all used for building a house for the LORD (after David had bult his own palace).  Solomon will take all that David had set aside (which is where much of the resources came from for the Temple) and add even more to it, and Hiram, king of Tyre will help him do that too.

However, for all the good things that David taught his son about God and how to honor him, David did not obey the LORD in that the king should not take many women for wives, and this too is a lesson that Solomon learned from David.  We see strife between the children from the different wives of David with certain children being favored, but it will be worse with Solomon.  The prophecy of the LORD will be fulfilled that because he will take many wives from among the foreign women, they will turn his heart and the hearts of the people away from the LORD to worship other gods.

The names of all of David's children born to him while he was king in Jerusalem.  These siblings didn't always get along with the ones that were born to David before he came to Jerusalem because some of the older sons imagined they had the right to inherit the throne from their father simply because they were older and had been through more with David, but it was God's plan for Solomon to be king and for the other children to submit to this choice.