The list of David's sons born at Hebron names Absalom and his mother, Maacah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur. Tamar does not appear in this passage, so her mother is not identified here.

Absalom's father was David, and the list of David's sons born in Hebron names him third, after Amnon and Chileab. His mother was Maacah, a Geshurite princess, and the text records the family without commending it.