2 Samuel 3:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

Adonijah - The same who, when David was dying, aspired to the crown, and was put to death by Solomon.

Shephatiah - “God is judge.” This is the same name as Jehoshaphat, only with the two elements composing it placed in inverted order. Nothing more is known of him or of his brother Ithream.

2 Samuel 3:4

4 And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;