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1 Chronicles 14:3

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Polygamy;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Tyre or Tyrus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - David;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
David took more wives in Jerusalem, and he became the father of more sons and daughters.
Hebrew Names Version
David took more wives at Yerushalayim; and David became the father of more sons and daughters.
King James Version
And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.
English Standard Version
And David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David fathered more sons and daughters.
New Century Version
David married more women in Jerusalem and had more sons and daughters.
New English Translation
In Jerusalem David married more wives and fathered more sons and daughters.
Amplified Bible
Then David took more wives at Jerusalem, and he became the father of more sons and daughters.
New American Standard Bible
Then David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David fathered more sons and daughters.
World English Bible
David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David became the father of more sons and daughters.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Also Dauid tooke moe wiues at Ierusalem, and Dauid begate moe sonnes and daughters.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then David took more wives at Jerusalem, and David became the father of more sons and daughters.
Berean Standard Bible
And David took more wives in Jerusalem and became the father of more sons and daughters.
Contemporary English Version
After David moved to Jerusalem, he married more women and had more sons and daughters.
Complete Jewish Bible
David took more concubines and wives in Yerushalayim, and David became father of more sons and daughters.
Darby Translation
And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begot more sons and daughters.
Easy-to-Read Version
David married more women in the city of Jerusalem and had more sons and daughters.
George Lamsa Translation
And David took more wives in Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron, and there were born to him more sons and daughters.
Good News Translation
There in Jerusalem, David married more wives and had more sons and daughters.
Lexham English Bible
And David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David fathered more sons and daughters.
Literal Translation
And David again took wives in Jerusalem. And David again fathered sons and daughters.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Dauid toke yet mo wyues at Ierusalem, & begat yet mo sonnes & doughters.
American Standard Version
And David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David begat more sons and daughters.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Dauid toke yet mo wyues at Hierusalem, and begat mo sonnes and daughters.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David begot more sons and daughters.
King James Version (1611)
And Dauid tooke moe wiues at Ierusalem: and Dauid begate moe sonnes and daughters.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And David took more wives in Jerusalem: and there were born to David more sons and daughters.
English Revised Version
And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Dauid took othere wyues in Jerusalem, and gendride sones and douytris.
Update Bible Version
And David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David begot more sons and daughters.
Webster's Bible Translation
And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.
New King James Version
Then David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David begot more sons and daughters.
New Living Translation
Then David married more wives in Jerusalem, and they had more sons and daughters.
New Life Bible
Then David took more wives at Jerusalem. He became the father of more sons and daughters.
New Revised Standard
David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David became the father of more sons and daughters.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And David took more wives, in Jerusalem, - and David begat more sons and daughters.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And David took other wives in Jerusalem: and he begot sons, and daughters.
Revised Standard Version
And David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David begot more sons and daughters.
Young's Literal Translation
And David taketh again wives in Jerusalem, and David begetteth again sons and daughters;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then David took more wives at Jerusalem, and David became the father of more sons and daughters.

Contextual Overview

1 And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David with cedar-trees, and stoneworkers and woodworkers for the building of his house. 2 And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, lifting up his kingdom on high because of his people Israel. 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.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

took: 1 Chronicles 3:1-4, Deuteronomy 17:17, 2 Samuel 5:13, 1 Kings 11:3, Proverbs 5:18, Proverbs 5:19, Ecclesiastes 7:26-29, Ecclesiastes 9:9, Malachi 2:14, Matthew 19:4, Matthew 19:5, Matthew 19:8

more: Heb. yet

Cross-References

Genesis 19:24
Then the Lord sent fire and flaming smoke raining down from heaven on Sodom and Gomorrah.
Numbers 34:12
And so down to Jordan, stretching to the Salt Sea: all the land inside these limits will be yours.
Deuteronomy 3:17
As well as the Arabah, with the river Jordan as their limit, from Chinnereth to the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
Joshua 3:16
Then the waters flowing down from higher up were stopped and came together in a mass a long way back at Adam, a town near Zarethan; and the waters flowing down to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were cut off: and the people went across opposite Jericho.
Psalms 107:34
He makes a fertile country into a salt waste, because of the sins of those who are living there.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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