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Also more sons and daughters were born to David.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_samuel/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Meanwhile David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to David.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Meanwhile David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to David.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_samuel/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Meanwhile David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to David.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_samuel/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to David.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_samuel/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_samuel/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />After he arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_samuel/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />After he arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_samuel/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_samuel/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />After David left Hebron and moved to Jerusalem, he married many women from Jerusalem, and he had a lot of children. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_samuel/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_samuel/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />David married more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he had come there from Hebron, and he fathered more sons and daughters. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_samuel/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />After moving from Hebron to Jerusalem, David took more concubines and wives, and had more sons and daughters. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_samuel/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But after arriving in Jerusalem after leaving Hebron, David took more wives and mistresses, and more sons and daughters were born to David. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_samuel/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />David married more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he arrived from Hebron. Even more sons and daughters were born to David.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_samuel/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />David took more secondary wives and wives out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron; and there were born to David more sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_samuel/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_samuel/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_samuel/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />David took more concubines and wives for himself out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to David. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_samuel/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And again David takes concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after his coming from Hebron, and again there are born to David sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_samuel/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And David taketh again concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after his coming from Hebron, and there are born again to David sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_samuel/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And David will take yet concubines and wives from Jerusalem after his coming from Hebron, and there will be yet born to David sons and daughters.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_samuel/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And David took more concubines and wives of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were born to David other sons also and daughters: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_samuel/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Then David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he had arrived from Hebron. And other sons as well as daughters were born to David.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_samuel/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />David took more concubines and wives in Jerusalem after he had come from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_samuel/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />In Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives; and more sons and daughters were born to David.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_samuel/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron; and there were more sons and daughters born to David.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_samuel/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And David took again concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he came from Khebron, and sons and daughters were born again to David<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_samuel/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_samuel/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And David took again wives and concubines out of Jerusalem, after he came from Chebron: and David had still more sons and daughters born to him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_samuel/5-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_0ajZHUzMKw?start=1308" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/5.htm">David's Family Grows</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12</span>And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel. <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê (Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">After</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bō·’ōw (V-Qal-Inf:: 3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">he had arrived</a> <a href="/hebrew/2275.htm" title="2275: mê·ḥeḇ·rō·wn (Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- From cheber; seat of association; Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two Israelites.">from Hebron,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: dā·wiḏ (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">David</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: way·yiq·qaḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">took</a> <a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ‘ō·wḏ (Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more.">more</a> <a href="/hebrew/6370.htm" title="6370: pi·laḡ·šîm (N-fp) -- Concubine. Or pilegesh; of uncertain derivation; a concubine; also a paramour.">concubines</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: wə·nā·šîm (Conj-w:: N-fp) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">and wives</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: mî·rū·šā·lim (Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">from Jerusalem,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ‘ō·wḏ (Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more.">and more</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bā·nîm (N-mp) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: ū·ḇā·nō·wṯ (Conj-w:: N-fp) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">and daughters</a> <a href="/hebrew/3205.htm" title="3205: way·yiw·wå̄·lə·dū (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage.">were born</a> <a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: lə·ḏā·wiḏ (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">to him.</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/14-3.htm">1 Chronicles 14:3</a></span><br />And David took more wives in Jerusalem and became the father of more sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-17.htm">Deuteronomy 17:17</a></span><br />He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-3.htm">1 Kings 11:3</a></span><br />He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/16-1.htm">Genesis 16:1-4</a></span><br />Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar. / So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. / So after he had lived in Canaan for ten years, his wife Sarai took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to Abram to be his wife. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/25-1.htm">Genesis 25:1-6</a></span><br />Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah, / and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. / Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/29-21.htm">Genesis 29:21-30</a></span><br />Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.” / So Laban invited all the men of that place and prepared a feast. / But when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/8-30.htm">Judges 8:30</a></span><br />Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/1-1.htm">1 Samuel 1:1-2</a></span><br />Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. / He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/25-42.htm">1 Samuel 25:42-43</a></span><br />So Abigail hurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David’s messengers and became his wife. / David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. So she and Abigail were both his wives.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/3-2.htm">2 Samuel 3:2-5</a></span><br />And sons were born to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel; / his second was Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; his third was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; / his fourth was Adonijah, the son of Haggith; his fifth was Shephatiah, the son of Abital; ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/12-8.htm">2 Samuel 12:8</a></span><br />I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-1.htm">1 Kings 11:1-2</a></span><br />King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/19-4.htm">Matthew 19:4-6</a></span><br />Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ / and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? / So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/10-6.htm">Mark 10:6-9</a></span><br />However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ / ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, / and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-2.htm">1 Corinthians 7:2</a></span><br />But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/25-5.htm">Genesis 25:5,6</a></b></br> And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/17-17.htm">Deuteronomy 17:17</a></b></br> Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/3-9.htm">1 Chronicles 3:9</a></b></br> <i>These were</i> all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_samuel/3-5.htm">Born</a> <a href="/genesis/25-6.htm">Concubines</a> <a href="/2_samuel/1-24.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/2_samuel/5-12.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_samuel/5-5.htm">Hebron</a> <a href="/2_samuel/5-6.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/2_samuel/2-8.htm">Meanwhile</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-7.htm">Wives</a> <a href="/2_samuel/1-26.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_samuel/5-14.htm">Born</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-16.htm">Concubines</a> <a href="/2_samuel/12-8.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/2_samuel/5-17.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-7.htm">Hebron</a> <a href="/2_samuel/5-14.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-5.htm">Meanwhile</a> <a href="/2_samuel/12-8.htm">Wives</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-19.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">2 Samuel 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-1.htm">The tribes come to Hebron and anoint David over Israel,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-4.htm">David's age</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-6.htm">Taking Zion from the Jebusites, he dwells in it</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-11.htm">Hiram sends to David,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-13.htm">Eleven sons are born to him in Jerusalem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-17.htm">David, directed by God, smites the Philistines at Baal-perazim</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-22.htm">And again at the mulberry trees</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Hebron, located in the territory of Judah, was David's initial capital and the place where he was anointed king over Judah (<a href="/2_samuel/2.htm">2 Samuel 2:1-4</a>). The move to Jerusalem signifies the unification of the tribes of Israel under David's rule, as Jerusalem was a neutral city not previously controlled by any single tribe. This strategic relocation also fulfilled the need for a central capital that could unite the northern and southern tribes.<p><b>David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem</b><br>The practice of taking multiple wives and concubines was common among ancient Near Eastern kings, often used to form political alliances and demonstrate wealth and power. However, this practice was contrary to the ideal set forth in <a href="/deuteronomy/17-17.htm">Deuteronomy 17:17</a>, which warned against kings multiplying wives. David's actions here foreshadow future familial and political troubles, as seen in the strife among his children. This also contrasts with the monogamous ideal seen in <a href="/genesis/2-24.htm">Genesis 2:24</a> and the teachings of Jesus in <a href="/matthew/19-4.htm">Matthew 19:4-6</a>.<p><b>and more sons and daughters were born to him</b><br>The birth of more children to David in Jerusalem highlights the expansion of his family and the establishment of his dynasty. This growth in his household is significant for the Davidic covenant, where God promises to establish David's throne forever (<a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12-16</a>). The numerous offspring also set the stage for future narratives involving David's children, such as the rebellion of Absalom and the succession of Solomon. The mention of sons and daughters emphasizes the continuation of David's lineage, which is ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, a descendant of David, as noted in the genealogies of <a href="/matthew/1.htm">Matthew 1</a> and <a href="/luke/3.htm">Luke 3</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The second king of Israel, known for his heart for God, yet also for his human failings. In this verse, he expands his family by taking more concubines and wives.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city that David captured and established as the political and spiritual center of Israel. It becomes the City of David.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/hebron.htm">Hebron</a></b><br>The city where David was first anointed king over Judah and reigned for seven years before moving his capital to Jerusalem.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/concubines_and_wives.htm">Concubines and Wives</a></b><br>In the context of ancient Israel, concubines were women who had a recognized relationship with a man but held a lower status than wives. David's taking of more concubines and wives reflects the customs and political strategies of the time.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/sons_and_daughters.htm">Sons and Daughters</a></b><br>The offspring of David's expanded family, who would play various roles in the unfolding account of Israel's history.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_complexity_of_leadership.htm">The Complexity of Leadership</a></b><br>David's life illustrates the complexities and challenges of leadership. While he was a man after God's own heart, his personal choices sometimes contradicted God's commands. Leaders today must strive to align their personal lives with their spiritual convictions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>David's decision to take more wives and concubines, contrary to God's instructions, set the stage for future family strife and national turmoil. Disobedience to God's Word can have long-lasting consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/cultural_context_vs._divine_command.htm">Cultural Context vs. Divine Command</a></b><br>While polygamy was culturally accepted in David's time, it was not God's ideal for marriage. Christians are called to discern between cultural norms and God's commands, adhering to the latter.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_family_integrity.htm">The Importance of Family Integrity</a></b><br>The expansion of David's family through multiple wives led to complex family dynamics and conflicts. Maintaining integrity and unity within the family is crucial for personal and communal peace.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_samuel_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Samuel 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_2_sam_5_13_with_anti-polygamy.htm">How should we address the seeming inconsistency between 2 Samuel 5:13, which mentions David taking more wives and concubines, and other biblical texts condemning polygamy? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/ark_to_jerusalem__before_or_after_philistines.htm">When did David bring the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem? Before defeating the Philistines or after? After (2 Samuel 5 and 6) Before (I Chronicles 13 and 14)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/elkanah's_polygamy_vs._later_monogamy.htm">How does Elkanah’s polygamous marriage in 1 Samuel 1:2 align or conflict with later biblical teachings on monogamy? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_rehoboam's_polygamy_align_biblically.htm">In 2 Chronicles 11:18–21, Rehoboam practices polygamy; how is this consistent with later biblical teachings that appear to discourage multiple spouses? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_samuel/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">More concubines and wives.</span>--In <a href="/deuteronomy/17-17.htm" title="Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.">Deuteronomy 17:17</a>, the law had been given for the future king, "Neither shall he multiply wives to himself." David certainly came perilously near a violation of this law, although he did not, like his son Solomon, take wives and concubines in enormous number for the sake of having a great harem--an important element in the Oriental ideas of regal magnificence. Any possible ambiguity in the phrase "<span class= "ital">out of </span>Jerusalem" is removed by the expression in the parallel place (<a href="/1_chronicles/14-3.htm" title="And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.">1Chronicles 14:3</a>), "<span class= "ital">at </span>Jerusalem." Altogether, here and in Chronicles, the names of nineteen sons are mentioned; those of the daughters are not given, although one, Thamar, is mentioned in the story in 2 Samuel 13.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_samuel/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">David took him more concubines.</span> Thus with increase of power came also the increased gratification of David's weakness and sin. Well for him would it have been if, like Saul, he had been content with one wife. But this enlargement of his harem was gradual, and the list includes all the sons born at Jerusalem. Of these four, namely, Shammuah, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. were his children by Bathsheba (see <a href="/1_chronicles/3-5.htm">1 Chronicles 3:5</a>, where the names are differently spelt). Besides a variation in the spelling, two sons are mentioned in Chronicles, Nogah and an earlier Eliphelet, whose names are not given here, perhaps because they died young. From <a href="/1_chronicles/3-9.htm">1 Chronicles 3:9</a> we learn that only the names of the sons of wives are given in these tables. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_samuel/5-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">After</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחֲרֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥă·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hind or following part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he had arrived</span><br /><span class="heb">בֹּא֣וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(bō·’ōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from Hebron,</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵחֶבְר֑וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(mê·ḥeḇ·rō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2275.htm">Strong's 2275: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hebron -- 'association, league', a city in southern Judah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">David</span><br /><span class="heb">דָּוִ֨ד</span> <span class="translit">(dā·wiḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> </span><span class="str2">David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">took</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּקַּח֩</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiq·qaḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">more</span><br /><span class="heb">ע֜וֹד</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·wḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5750.htm">Strong's 5750: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more</span><br /><br /><span class="word">concubines</span><br /><span class="heb">פִּֽלַגְשִׁ֤ים</span> <span class="translit">(pi·laḡ·šîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6370.htm">Strong's 6370: </a> </span><span class="str2">A concubine, a paramour</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and wives</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנָשִׁים֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nā·šîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from Jerusalem,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(mî·rū·šā·lim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and more</span><br /><span class="heb">ע֛וֹד</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·wḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5750.htm">Strong's 5750: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sons</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּנִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(bā·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and daughters</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבָנֽוֹת׃</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇā·nō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> </span><span class="str2">A daughter</span><br /><br /><span class="word">were born</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּוָּ֥לְדּוּ‪‬</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiw·wā·lə·ḏū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3205.htm">Strong's 3205: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to him.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְדָוִ֖ד</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḏā·wiḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> </span><span class="str2">David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_samuel/5-13.htm">2 Samuel 5:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_samuel/5-13.htm">2 Samuel 5:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_samuel/5-13.htm">2 Samuel 5:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/5-13.htm">2 Samuel 5:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_samuel/5-13.htm">2 Samuel 5:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_samuel/5-13.htm">2 Samuel 5:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_samuel/5-13.htm">2 Samuel 5:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_samuel/5-13.htm">2 Samuel 5:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_samuel/5-13.htm">2 Samuel 5:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_samuel/5-13.htm">2 Samuel 5:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_samuel/5-13.htm">OT History: 2 Samuel 5:13 David took him more concubines and wives (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_samuel/5-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Samuel 5:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 5:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_samuel/5-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Samuel 5:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 5:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>