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1 Chronicles 14:3

DavidJerusalem

1 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.

2 And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.

And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.

4 Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,

5 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,

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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.

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Cross references

  • Proverbs 5:18–19

    Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

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  • 1 Kings 11:3

    And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

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  • Deuteronomy 17:17

    Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

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  • Ecclesiastes 7:26–29

    And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

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  • Ecclesiastes 9:9

    Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

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  • Matthew 19:8

    He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

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  • 2 Samuel 5:13

    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.

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  • 1 Chronicles 3:1–4

    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:

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