1 Chronicles 14:3

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In Jerusalem David married more wives and fathered more sons and daughters.

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  • Deut 17:17 : 17 Furthermore, he must not marry many wives lest his affections turn aside, and he must not accumulate much silver and gold.
  • 2 Sam 5:13 : 13 David married more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he arrived from Hebron. Even more sons and daughters were born to David.
  • 1 Kgs 11:3 : 3 He had 700 royal wives and 300 concubines; his wives had a powerful influence over him.
  • 1 Chr 3:1-4 : 1 David’s Descendants These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam from Jezreel; the second was Daniel, whose mother was Abigail from Carmel; 2 the third was Absalom whose mother was Maacah, daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;the fourth was Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith; 3 the fifth was Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital;the sixth was Ithream, whose mother was Eglah, David’s wife. 4 These six were born to David in Hebron, where he ruled for seven years and six months.He ruled thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
  • Prov 5:18-19 : 18 May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife you married in your youth– 19 a loving doe, a graceful deer; may her breasts satisfy you at all times, may you be captivated by her love always.
  • Eccl 7:26-29 : 26 I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare; her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her. 27 The Teacher says: I discovered this while trying to discover the scheme of things, item by item. 28 What I have continually sought, I have not found; I have found only one upright man among a thousand, but I have not found one upright woman among all of them. 29 This alone have I discovered: God made humankind upright, but they have sought many evil schemes.
  • Eccl 9:9 : 9 Enjoy life with your beloved wife during all the days of your fleeting life that God has given you on earth during all your fleeting days; for that is your reward in life and in your burdensome work on earth.
  • Mal 2:14 : 14 Yet you ask,“Why?” The LORD is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young, to whom you have become unfaithful even though she is your companion and wife by law.
  • Matt 19:4-5 : 4 He answered,“Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female, 5 and said,‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
  • Matt 19:8 : 8 Jesus said to them,“Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts, but from the beginning it was not this way.

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  • 2 Sam 5:12-14
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    12David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

    13David married more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he arrived from Hebron. Even more sons and daughters were born to David.

    14These are the names of children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

  • 1 Chr 14:4
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    4These are the names of children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

  • 1 Sam 25:43
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    43David had also married Ahinoam from Jezreel; the two of them became his wives.

  • 2 Sam 11:27
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    27When the time of mourning passed, David had her brought to his palace. She became his wife and she bore him a son. But what David had done upset the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 13:21
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    21Abijah’s power grew; he had fourteen wives and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

  • 2 Sam 12:24
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    24So David comforted his wife Bathsheba. He came to her and went to bed with her. Later she gave birth to a son, and David named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the child

  • 1 Sam 27:3
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    3David settled with Achish in Gath, along with his men and their families. David had with him his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the Carmelite, Nabal’s widow.

  • 2 Sam 2:2-3
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    2So David went up, along with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail, formerly the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

    3David also brought along the men who were with him, each with his family. They settled in the cities of Hebron.

  • 1 Chr 3:1-5
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    1David’s Descendants These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam from Jezreel; the second was Daniel, whose mother was Abigail from Carmel;

    2the third was Absalom whose mother was Maacah, daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;the fourth was Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith;

    3the fifth was Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital;the sixth was Ithream, whose mother was Eglah, David’s wife.

    4These six were born to David in Hebron, where he ruled for seven years and six months.He ruled thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

    5These were the sons born to him in Jerusalem:Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon– the mother of these four was Bathsheba the daughter of Ammiel.

  • 2 Chr 24:3
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    3Jehoiada chose two wives for him who gave him sons and daughters.

  • 2 Sam 11:3-5
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    3So David sent someone to inquire about the woman. The messenger said,“Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”

    4David sent some messengers to get her. She came to him and he went to bed with her.(Now at that time she was in the process of purifying herself from her menstrual uncleanness.) Then she returned to her home.

    5The woman conceived and then sent word to David saying,“I’m pregnant.”

  • 1 Chr 3:8-9
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    8Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.

    9These were all the sons of David, not counting the sons of his concubines. Tamar was their sister.

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    6and Jesse the father of David the king.David was the father of Solomon(by the wife of Uriah),

  • 2 Sam 3:14
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    14David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth son of Saul with this demand:“Give me my wife Michal whom I acquired for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”

  • 1 Sam 30:5
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    5David’s two wives had been taken captive– Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the Carmelite, Nabal’s widow.

  • 2 Sam 20:3
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    3Then David went to his palace in Jerusalem. The king took the ten concubines he had left to care for the palace and placed them under confinement. Though he provided for their needs, he did not sleep with them. They remained under restriction until the day they died, living out the rest of their lives as widows.

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    3When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned. Their wives, sons, and daughters had been taken captive.

  • 2 Sam 3:1-2
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    1However, the war was prolonged between the house of Saul and the house of David. David was becoming steadily stronger, while the house of Saul was becoming increasingly weaker.

    2Now sons were born to David in Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, born to Ahinoam the Jezreelite.

  • 1 Chr 14:2
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    2David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 11:3
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    3He had 700 royal wives and 300 concubines; his wives had a powerful influence over him.

  • 1 Sam 18:27
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    27when David, along with his men, went out and struck down two hundred Philistine men. David brought their foreskins and presented all of them to the king so he could become the king’s son-in-law. Saul then gave him his daughter Michal in marriage.

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    4His fourth son was Adonijah, the son of Haggith. His fifth son was Shephatiah, the son of Abital.

    5His sixth son was Ithream, born to David’s wife Eglah. These sons were all born to David in Hebron.

  • 2 Sam 12:8-9
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    8I gave you your master’s house, and put your master’s wives into your arms. I also gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if all that somehow seems insignificant, I would have given you so much more as well!

    9Why have you shown contempt for the LORD’s decrees by doing evil in my sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and you have taken his wife to be your own wife! You have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.

  • Jer 29:6
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    6Marry and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your sons and allow your daughters to get married so that they too can have sons and daughters. Grow in number; do not dwindle away.

  • Ruth 4:22
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    22Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.

  • 2 Chr 11:18
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    18Rehoboam married Mahalath the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.

  • 2 Chr 11:21
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    21Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than his other wives and concubines. He had eighteen wives and sixty concubines; he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

  • 1 Sam 17:14
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    14Now David was the youngest. While the three oldest sons followed Saul,

  • Judg 8:30
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    30Gideon fathered seventy sons through his many wives.

  • Ezra 10:44
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    44All these had taken foreign wives, and some of them also had children by these women.

  • 1 Chr 11:7
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    7David lived in the fortress; for this reason it is called the City of David.

  • 1 Chr 2:16
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    16Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abshai, Joab, and Asahel.

  • 1 Kgs 2:11
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    11David reigned over Israel forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years, and in Jerusalem thirty-three years.

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    4Nevertheless for David’s sake the LORD his God maintained his dynasty in Jerusalem by giving him a son to succeed him and by protecting Jerusalem.