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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/14.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/1_chronicles/14.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />In Jerusalem David took more wives and became the father of more sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/14.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then David married more wives in Jerusalem, and they had more sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David fathered more sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</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="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_chronicles/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David begot more sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_chronicles/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David fathered more sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then David took more wives at Jerusalem, and David became the father of more sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_chronicles/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then David took more wives at Jerusalem, and David became the father of more sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_chronicles/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then David took more wives at Jerusalem, and David became the father of more sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_chronicles/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then David took more wives at Jerusalem, and he became the father of more sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_chronicles/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />David took more wives in Jerusalem, and he became the father of more sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_chronicles/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />David took more wives in Jerusalem, and he became the father of more sons and daughters. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_chronicles/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David begat more sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_chronicles/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />After David moved to Jerusalem, he married more women and had more sons and daughters. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_chronicles/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_chronicles/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />David married more wives in Jerusalem and fathered more sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_chronicles/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />There in Jerusalem, David married more wives and had more sons and daughters. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_chronicles/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But while he was living in Jerusalem, David married more wives and fathered more sons and daughters. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_chronicles/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />In Jerusalem David married more wives and fathered more sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_chronicles/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David became the father of more sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_chronicles/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_chronicles/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</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="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_chronicles/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David became the father of more sons and daughters. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_chronicles/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And David takes wives again in Jerusalem, and David begets sons and daughters again;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_chronicles/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And David taketh again wives in Jerusalem, and David begetteth again sons and daughters;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_chronicles/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And David will take yet wives in Jerusalem: and David will yet beget sons and daughters.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_chronicles/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And David took other wives in Jerusalem: and he beget sons, and daughters. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_chronicles/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Also, David took other wives in Jerusalem. And he conceived sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_chronicles/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />David took other wives in Jerusalem and became the father of more sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_chronicles/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David became the father of more sons and daughters.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_chronicles/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And David took more wives in Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron, and there were born to him more sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_chronicles/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And David took wives from Jerusalem after he came from Khebron, and sons and daughters were born to David.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_chronicles/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David begot more sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_chronicles/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And David took more wives in Jerusalem: and there were born to David more sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_chronicles/14-3.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/wtNNY-qpWWI?start=4198" 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/1_chronicles/14.htm">David's Family Grows</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had highly exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: dā·wîḏ (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">And 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/802.htm" title="802: nā·šîm (N-fp) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">wives</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: bî·rū·šā·lim (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">in Jerusalem</a> <a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: dā·wîḏ (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/3205.htm" title="3205: way·yō·w·leḏ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage.">became the father</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.">of 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> </span><span class="reftext">4</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="/2_samuel/5-13.htm">2 Samuel 5:13</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="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/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="/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="/1_chronicles/3-1.htm">1 Chronicles 3:1-9</a></span><br />These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was Amnon by Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second was Daniel by Abigail of Carmel; / the third was Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith; / the fifth was Shephatiah by Abital; and the sixth was Ithream by his wife Eglah. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/1-1.htm">1 Kings 1:1-4</a></span><br />Now King David was old and well along in years, and though they covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm. / So his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.” / Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-1.htm">1 Kings 11:1-4</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. / 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="/2_chronicles/11-21.htm">2 Chronicles 11:21</a></span><br />Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.<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="/1_samuel/25-42.htm">1 Samuel 25:42-44</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. / But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.<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="/ephesians/5-31.htm">Ephesians 5:31</a></span><br />“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/3-2.htm">1 Timothy 3:2</a></span><br />An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/titus/1-6.htm">Titus 1:6</a></span><br />An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.</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 more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.</p><p class="hdg">took</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/3-1.htm">1 Chronicles 3:1-4</a></b></br> Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess: … </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="/2_samuel/5-13.htm">2 Samuel 5:13</a></b></br> And David took <i>him</i> 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="hdg">more [heb] yet </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_chronicles/9-43.htm">Begat</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/8-9.htm">Begetteth</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-43.htm">Begot</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/7-15.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/14-2.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-4.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/8-8.htm">Wives</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/11-21.htm">Begat</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-3.htm">Begetteth</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/11-21.htm">Begot</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-22.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/14-8.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/14-4.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-22.htm">Wives</a><div class="vheading2">1 Chronicles 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/14-1.htm">Hiram's kindness to David</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/14-2.htm">David's fortune in people, wives, and children</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/14-8.htm">His two victories against the Philistines</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_chronicles/14.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_chronicles/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_chronicles/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And David took more wives in Jerusalem</b><br>David's practice of taking multiple wives was common among ancient Near Eastern kings, reflecting the cultural norms of the time. This practice was often used to form political alliances and secure the king's lineage. However, it contrasts with the monogamous ideal presented in <a href="/genesis/2-24.htm">Genesis 2:24</a>. The city of Jerusalem, recently captured by David, became the political and spiritual center of Israel, symbolizing God's chosen city. David's actions here foreshadow the complexities and familial strife that would later arise, as seen in the lives of his sons, such as Absalom and Solomon.<p><b>and became the father of more sons and daughters.</b><br>The expansion of David's family through additional sons and daughters highlights the growth of his dynasty, which was crucial for establishing a lasting kingdom. This increase in offspring also fulfilled God's promise to David of a lasting lineage, as seen in <a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12-16</a>. The mention of both sons and daughters indicates the importance of family in David's reign, though it also sets the stage for future conflicts and challenges within his household. The genealogical records in 1 Chronicles emphasize the continuity of God's covenant with David, ultimately pointing to the Messianic line culminating in Jesus Christ, 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 central figure in this verse, David is the King of Israel, known for his leadership, military conquests, and his heart for God. His actions in this verse reflect the customs and practices of kingship during his time.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where David established his reign and where he took more wives. It is significant as the political and spiritual center of Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/w/wives_and_children.htm">Wives and Children</a></b><br>The verse mentions David taking more wives and having more children, which was a common practice for kings in the ancient Near East to establish alliances and ensure a legacy.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_cultural_context.htm">Understanding Cultural Context</a></b><br>Recognize that the practices of ancient kings, such as taking multiple wives, were culturally normative but not necessarily aligned with God's ideal for marriage.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/heeding_god's_warnings.htm">Heeding God's Warnings</a></b><br>Reflect on the importance of adhering to God's commands, as outlined in Deuteronomy, to avoid spiritual pitfalls and ensure a heart aligned with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/legacy_and_influence.htm">Legacy and Influence</a></b><br>Consider how personal choices, especially those of leaders, can have lasting impacts on future generations, as seen in the lives of David and Solomon.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_leadership.htm">Spiritual Leadership</a></b><br>Emphasize the need for spiritual leaders to model godly behavior, understanding that their actions set a precedent for others.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_chronicles_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Chronicles 14</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_link_god's_favor_to_david's_power.htm">1 Chronicles 14:2 – Why would God’s favor be linked to David’s increasing power and multiple wives, despite biblical warnings against polygamy elsewhere? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_david's_many_sons,_wives.htm">In 1 Chronicles 3:1-9, how do we reconcile David's unusually large number of sons and wives with historical records of royal families in ancient Israel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_70,000_die_for_david's_census.htm">How is it fair for 70,000 people to die (1 Chronicles 21:14) because of David's census?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_zerubbabel_important_to_the_second_temple.htm">What is Zerubbabel's significance to the Second Temple?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_chronicles/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) <span class= "bld">And David took more wives.</span>--The verse is considerably abbreviated as compared with Samuel, which reads, "concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron." The concubines are not omitted because of offence, for they are mentioned in <a href="/1_chronicles/3-9.htm" title="These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.">1Chronicles 3:9</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_chronicles/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">David took more wives</span>. As matter of course, we do not look in this connection for any remarks to be made by the writer condemnatory of David's enlargement of the harem, or of his having an harem at all. Yet it is open to us to note how, at a time when polygamy was "winked at," and no sin was necessarily to lie on this account at the door of David, yet by this very thing he was undermining the peace and unity of his own family, the comfort of his declining years once and again, and the very stability of his house in the days of Solomon his son. The less necessitated we are to regard David's polygamy in the light of individual sin, the more emphatic in the light of history does the <span class="accented">tendency</span> of the practice proclaim itself as thoroughly and irredeemably bad. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_chronicles/14-3.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">And David</span><br /><span class="heb">דָּוִ֥יד</span> <span class="translit">(dā·wîḏ)</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">וַיִּקַּ֨ח</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">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">wives</span><br /><span class="heb">נָשִׁ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(nā·šîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">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">in Jerusalem</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(bî·rū·šā·lim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | 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]</span><br /><span class="heb">דָּוִ֛יד</span> <span class="translit">(dā·wîḏ)</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">became the father</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיּ֧וֹלֶד</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·w·leḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<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">of more</span><br /><span class="heb">ע֖וֹד</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 /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_chronicles/14-3.htm">1 Chronicles 14:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/14-3.htm">1 Chronicles 14:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/14-3.htm">1 Chronicles 14:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/14-3.htm">1 Chronicles 14:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/14-3.htm">1 Chronicles 14:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_chronicles/14-3.htm">1 Chronicles 14:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_chronicles/14-3.htm">1 Chronicles 14:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_chronicles/14-3.htm">1 Chronicles 14:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_chronicles/14-3.htm">1 Chronicles 14:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_chronicles/14-3.htm">1 Chronicles 14:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_chronicles/14-3.htm">OT History: 1 Chronicles 14:3 David took more wives at Jerusalem (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_chronicles/14-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Chronicles 14:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 14:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_chronicles/14-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Chronicles 14:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 14:4" /></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>