1 Chronicles 14:3
1 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters, to build a palace for him.
2 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.
And David took more wives in Jerusalem and became the father of more sons and daughters.
4 These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
5 Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet,
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- BSB
- And David took more wives in Jerusalem and became the father of more sons and daughters.
- KJV
- And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.
- WEB
- David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David became the father of more sons and daughters.
- ASV
- And David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David begat more sons and daughters.
- DARBY
- And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begot more sons and daughters.
- BLB
- And David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David begat more sons and daughters.
- ÅB
- David tok enda flere hustruer i Jerusalem, og han fikk enda flere sønner og døtre.
- OTB
- I Jerusalem tok David flere hustruer,
og han ble far til flere sønner og døtre. - B1930
- David tok ennu flere hustruer i Jerusalem, og han fikk ennu flere sønner og døtre.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 5:18–19
May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
Read in context1 Kings 11:3
He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 17:17
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.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 7:26–29
And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 9:9
Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.
Read in contextMatthew 19:8
Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart; but it was not this way from the beginning.
Read in context2 Samuel 5:13
After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
Read in context1 Chronicles 3:1–4
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;
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