2 Samuel 5:13 BSB — MannaFest

2 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.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron,.... He had six when he was at Hebron, 2Sa 3:2, and now he took more, which was not to his honour, and contrary to the law of God, Deu 17:17; the concubines were a sort of half wives, as the word may signify, or secondary ones, and under the others: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David; besides those in Hebron mentioned in 2Sa 3:2.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

We praise him not; we justify him not; nor can we scarcely excuse him. The bad example of the patriarchs might make him think there was no harm in it, and he might hope it would strengthen his interest, by multiplying his alliances, and increasing the royal family. Happy is the man that has his quiver full of these arrows.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

David took him more concubines - He had, in all conscience, enough before; he had, in the whole, eight wives and ten concubines. That dispensation permitted polygamy, but from the beginning it was not so; and as upon an average there are about fourteen males born to thirteen females, polygamy is unnatural, and could never have entered into the original design of God.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּקַּח֩	vai.yi.Kach	and he took	H3947 →
דָּוִ֨ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
ע֜וֹד	od	again	H5750 →
פִּֽלַגְשִׁ֤ים	pi.lag.Shim	concubines	H6370 →
וְנָשִׁים֙	ve.na.Shim	and wives	H802 →
מִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם	mi.Ru.sha.Lim	from Jerusalem	H3389 →
אַחֲרֵ֖י	'a.cha.Rei	after	H310 →
בֹּא֣וֹ	bo.'O	came he	H935 →
מֵחֶבְר֑וֹן	me.chev.Ron	from Hebron	H2275 →
וַיִּוָּ֥לְדּוּ	vai.yi.Val.du	and they were born	H3205 →
ע֛וֹד	od	again	H5750 →
לְדָוִ֖ד	le.da.Vid	to David	H1732 →
בָּנִ֥ים	ba.Nim	sons	H1121 →
וּבָנֽוֹת׃	u.va.Not	and daughters	H1323 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Deuteronomy 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.
leads to
- Nehemiah 13:26
  Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all…
- Proverbs 30:8–9
  Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
- Matthew 19:5
  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’?
- Psalms 62:10
  Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
- 1 Kings 11:1–4
  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.
Through
1 Chronicles 3:9
These were all the sons of David, besides the sons by his concubines. And Tamar was their sister.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 13:1–20
  After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.

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06About 2 Samuel

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

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About 2 Samuel