Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 14:3
And David took more wives in Jerusalem and became the father of more sons and daughters.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler records this historical note about David immediately after noting God's establishment of his kingship and immediately before listing the names of his Jerusalem-born children.
The words — The verb וַיִּקַּח (va/yi.kach) translates literally as "and he took," paired with the adverb עוֹד (od), meaning "again" or "more," which modifies both the taking of wives and the fathering of children.
The thread — This event parallels the account in 2 Samuel 5:13, while Deuteronomy 17:17 later prohibits kings from accumulating many wives, and 1 Kings 11:3 records the eventual spiritual consequence of that royal practice.
Why it lands — The text simply records David's expansion of his household in Jerusalem without explicit moral judgment, requiring the reader to hold the historical fact alongside later biblical boundaries and warnings concerning royal polygamy.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.
Cross-references
- 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.
- 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.
- 1 Kings 11:3 He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.
- 1 Chronicles 3:1 These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was Amnon by Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second was Daniel by Abigail of Carmel;
- Proverbs 5:18 May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
- Ecclesiastes 7:26 And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
- Ecclesiastes 9:9 Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.
- Malachi 2:14 Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
- Matthew 19:4 Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
- Matthew 19:8 Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart. But it was not this way from the beginning.