the fifth, Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth, Ithream, by his wife Eglah;
We had an account of David's sons, Sa2 3:2, etc., and Sa2 5:14, etc. 1. He had many sons; and no doubt wrote as he thought, Psa 127:5. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of these arrows. 2.
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 3:1-9
Eglah his wife--supposed to be another name of Michal, who, though she had no son after her mockery of David for dancing before the ark [Sa2 6:16, Sa2 6:20], might have had one previous to that time. She has the title of wife appended to her name because she was his proper wife; and the mention of her name last probably arose from the circumstance...
By Eglah his wide - The Targum, Jarchi, and others, maintain that this was Michal, the daughter of Saul; but this does not well agree with Sa2 6:23 : Michal had no child to the day of her death. Yet she might have had a child before the time that is mentioned above.