2 Samuel 5:13

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 3:9 : 9 These were all the sons of David, not counting the sons of his concubines. Tamar was their sister.
  • 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.
  • Gen 25:5-6 : 5 Everything he owned Abraham left to his son Isaac. 6 But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them off to the east, away from his son Isaac.
  • 1 Chr 14:3-7 : 3 In Jerusalem David married more wives and fathered more sons and daughters. 4 These are the names of children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, 5 Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet, 6 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, 7 Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphelet.
  • 2 Chr 11:18-21 : 18 Rehoboam married Mahalath the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab. 19 She bore him sons named Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham. 20 He later married Maacah the daughter of Absalom. She bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith. 21 Rehoboam 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.
  • 2 Chr 13:21 : 21 Abijah’s power grew; he had fourteen wives and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

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  • 1 Chr 14:3-4
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    3In Jerusalem David married more wives and fathered more sons and daughters.

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

  • 2 Sam 5:14
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    14These are the names of children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

  • 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 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 Chr 3:9
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    9These were all the sons of David, not counting the sons of his concubines. Tamar was their sister.

  • 2 Sam 3:4-6
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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.

    6Abner Defects to David’s Camp As the war continued between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner was becoming more influential in the house of Saul.

  • 2 Sam 2:1-3
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    1David is Anointed King Afterward David inquired of the LORD,“Should I go up to one of the cities of Judah?” The LORD told him,“Go up.” David asked,“Where should I go?” The LORD replied,“To Hebron.”

    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 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 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 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 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 5:12
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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.

  • 2 Sam 3:2
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    2Now sons were born to David in Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, born to Ahinoam the Jezreelite.

  • Matt 1:6
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    6and Jesse the father of David the king.David was the father of Solomon(by the wife of Uriah),

  • 2 Chr 11:20-21
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    20He later married Maacah the daughter of Absalom. She bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

    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 18:26-27
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    26So his servants told David these things and David agreed to become the king’s son-in-law. Now the specified time had not yet expired

    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.

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

  • 1 Sam 30:3
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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 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 Sam 12:8
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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!

  • 2 Sam 15:16
    69%

    16So the king and all the members of his royal court set out on foot, though the king left behind ten concubines to attend to the palace.

  • Jer 29:6
    69%

    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.

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

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

  • 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.”

  • 2 Chr 8:11
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    11Solomon moved Pharaoh’s daughter up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her, for he said,“My wife must not live in the palace of King David of Israel, for the places where the ark of the LORD has entered are holy.”

  • 2 Sam 5:10
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    10David’s power grew steadily, for the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies was with him.

  • 2 Sam 5:7
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    7But David captured the fortress of Zion(that is, the City of David).

  • 1 Sam 25:40
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    40So the servants of David went to Abigail at Carmel and said to her,“David has sent us to you to bring you back to be his wife.”

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

  • 2 Sam 5:3
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    3When all the leaders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the LORD. They designated David as king over Israel.