No comment accompanies any of the sons, but inclusion of Tamar was their sister
would remind hearers of the wicked incident involving Amnon, Absalom, and Tamar (2 Samuel 13:1–39). Both the names of Bathshua
and Tamar
are found in 1 Chronicles 2:3–4 (Judah’s family), suggesting a comparison between the evil behaviour of Judah and David and what followed in both cases: God’s unmerited grace continuing in spite of the sin of those whom he uses in the accomplishment of his purposes.1
9 All these were David’s sons, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar was their sister.