October 18, 2025

There are twists and turns in the lineage of David. One notable aspect is that his sons from all his concubines were not recorded nor considered royalty, yet they were still descendants of royalty. David loved women and consummated many of those love interests, pouring out his seed, creating love children that we don’t have a record of. I suppose we would call those women mistresses in today’s terminology. Concubines didn’t have the same rights as those who were married to their partners. Still, they participated in the conjugal duties as a wife and probably lived a similar life as the wives, except that their children were considered illegitimate. I doubt they had any inheritance of the royal belongings that were usually passed down to the sons, which is similar to children today who are born outside of marriage to fathers who are philanderers, womanizers, or cheaters. I feel sad for those children because that’s a heavy burden of rejection that they will carry to the grave unless they overcome it by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony. Jesus can loosen all bonds, including the heavy chain of rejection. If you have experienced rejection, which we all have, seek freedom in Jesus; he is the chain breaker, and whatever evil intentions were meant to harm you, he can turn them into a testimony for good to help the redemption of others. 

These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister. 1 Chronicles 3:9