2 Samuel 5:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And David took more women and wives in Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and he had more sons and daughters.

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  • 1 Chr 3:9 : 9 All these were the sons of David, in addition to the sons of his servant-wives; and Tamar was their sister.
  • Deut 17:17 : 17 And he is not to have a great number of wives, for fear that his heart may be turned away; or great wealth of silver and gold.
  • Gen 25:5-6 : 5 Now Abraham gave all his property to Isaac; 6 But to the sons of his other women he gave offerings, and sent them away, while he was still living, into the east country.
  • 1 Chr 14:3-7 : 3 And while he was living in Jerusalem, David took more wives and became the father of more sons and daughters. 4 These are the names of the children he had in Jerusalem: Shammua and Shobab, Nathan and Solomon 5 And Ibhar and Elishua and Elpelet 6 And Nogah and Nepheg and Japhia 7 And Elishama and Beeliada and Eliphelet.
  • 2 Chr 11:18-21 : 18 And Rehoboam took as his wife Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth, the son of David and of Abihail, the daughter of Eliab, the son of Jesse; 19 And she had sons by him, Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham. 20 And after her he took Maacah, the daughter of Absalom; and she had Abijah and Attai and Ziza and Shelomith by him. 21 Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, was dearer to Rehoboam than all his wives and his servant-wives: (for he had eighteen wives and sixty servant-wives, and was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)
  • 2 Chr 13:21 : 21 But Abijah became great, and had fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Chr 14:3-4
    2 verses
    91%

    3 And while he was living in Jerusalem, David took more wives and became the father of more sons and daughters.

    4 These are the names of the children he had in Jerusalem: Shammua and Shobab, Nathan and Solomon

  • 2 Sam 5:14
    78%

    14 These are the names of those whose birth took place in Jerusalem: Shammua and Shobab and Nathan and Solomon

  • 2 Sam 11:27
    76%

    27 And when the days of weeping were past, David sent for her, and took her into his house, and she became his wife and gave him a son. But the Lord was not pleased with the thing David had done.

  • 1 Sam 25:43
    76%

    43 And David had taken Ahinoam of Jezreel, to be his wife; these two were his wives.

  • 2 Sam 20:3
    74%

    3 And David came to his house at Jerusalem: and the king took the ten women to whom he had given the care of the house, and had them shut up, and gave them the necessaries of life, but did not go near them. So they were shut up till the day of their death, living as widows.

  • 1 Chr 3:1-5
    5 verses
    74%

    1 Now these were David's sons, whose birth took place in Hebron: the oldest Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelite woman;

    2 The third Absalom, the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth Adonijah, the son of Haggith;

    3 The fifth Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth Ithream, by Eglah his wife.

    4 He had six sons in Hebron; he was ruling there for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem for thirty-three years.

    5 And in Jerusalem he had four sons, Shimea and Shobab and Nathan and Solomon, by Bath-shua, the daughter of Ammiel;

  • 2 Sam 12:24
    74%

    24 And David gave comfort to his wife Bath-sheba, and he went in to her and had connection with her: and she had a son to whom she gave the name Solomon. And he was dear to the Lord.

  • 1 Chr 3:9
    74%

    9 All these were the sons of David, in addition to the sons of his servant-wives; and Tamar was their sister.

  • 2 Sam 3:4-6
    3 verses
    73%

    4 And the fourth, Adonijah, the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah, the son of Abital;

    5 And the sixth, Ithream, whose mother was David's wife Eglah. These were the sons of David, whose birth took place in Hebron.

    6 Now while there was war between Saul's people and David's people, Abner was making himself strong among the supporters of Saul.

  • 2 Sam 2:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1 Now after this, David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go up into any of the towns of Judah? And the Lord said to him, Go up. And David said, Where am I to go? And he said, To Hebron.

    2 So David went there, taking with him his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel.

    3 And David took all his men with him, every man with his family: and they were living in the towns round Hebron.

  • 1 Sam 30:5
    73%

    5 And David's two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel, had been made prisoners.

  • 2 Sam 11:3-5
    3 verses
    73%

    3 And David sent to get knowledge who the woman was. And one said, Is this not Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite?

    4 And David sent and took her; and she came to him, and he took her to his bed: (for she had been made clean;) then she went back to her house.

    5 And the woman became with child; and she sent word to David that she was with child.

  • 1 Sam 27:3
    73%

    3 And David and his men were living with Achish at Gath; every man had his family with him, and David had his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, who had been the wife of Nabal.

  • 2 Chr 13:21
    73%

    21 But Abijah became great, and had fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

  • 2 Sam 5:12
    72%

    12 And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, and that he had made his kingdom great because of his people Israel.

  • 2 Sam 3:2
    72%

    2 While David was in Hebron he became the father of sons: the oldest was Amnon, son of Ahinoam of Jezreel;

  • Matt 1:6
    72%

    6 And the son of Jesse was David the king; and the son of David was Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah;

  • 2 Chr 11:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    20 And after her he took Maacah, the daughter of Absalom; and she had Abijah and Attai and Ziza and Shelomith by him.

    21 Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, was dearer to Rehoboam than all his wives and his servant-wives: (for he had eighteen wives and sixty servant-wives, and was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)

  • 1 Sam 18:26-27
    2 verses
    70%

    26 And when his servants said these words to David, he was well pleased to be the son-in-law of the king. And the days were still not past.

    27 So David and his men got up and went, and put to death two hundred of the Philistines; and David took their private parts and gave the full number of them to the king, so that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him his daughter Michal for his wife.

  • 2 Chr 24:3
    70%

    3 And Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he became the father of sons and daughters.

  • 1 Sam 30:3
    70%

    3 And when David and his men came to the town, they saw that it had been burned down, and their wives and their sons and daughters had been made prisoners.

  • 2 Chr 11:18
    70%

    18 And Rehoboam took as his wife Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth, the son of David and of Abihail, the daughter of Eliab, the son of Jesse;

  • 2 Sam 12:8
    70%

    8 I gave you your master's daughter and your master's wives for yourself, and I gave you the daughters of Israel and Judah; and if that had not been enough, I would have given you such and such things.

  • 2 Sam 15:16
    69%

    16 So the king went out, taking with him all the people of his house, but for ten of his women, who were to take care of the house.

  • Jer 29:6
    69%

    6 Take wives and have sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may have sons and daughters; and be increased in number there and do not become less.

  • Ezra 10:44
    69%

    44 All these had taken strange wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had offspring.

  • 1 Kgs 11:3
    69%

    3 He had seven hundred wives, daughters of kings, and three hundred other wives; and through his wives his heart was turned away.

  • 2 Sam 3:14
    69%

    14 And David sent men to Saul's son Ish-bosheth, saying, Give me back Michal, my wife, whom I made mine for the price of the private parts of a hundred Philistines.

  • 2 Chr 8:11
    69%

    11 Then Solomon made Pharaoh's daughter come up from the town of David to the house which he had made for her; for he said, I will not have my wife living in the house of David, king of Israel, because those places where the ark of the Lord has come are holy.

  • 2 Sam 5:10
    68%

    10 And David became greater and greater; for the Lord, the God of armies, was with him.

  • 2 Sam 5:7
    68%

    7 But David took the strong place of Zion, which is the town of David.

  • 1 Sam 25:40
    68%

    40 And when David's servants came to Carmel, to Abigail, they said to her, David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife.

  • 1 Chr 11:7
    68%

    7 And David took the strong tower for his living-place, so it was named the town of David.

  • 2 Sam 5:3
    68%

    3 So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel.