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Brenton's Septuagint

1 Chronicles 14:3

And David took more wives in Jerusalem: and there were born to David 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.
Bible in Basic English
And while he was living in Jerusalem, David took more wives and became the father of 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.
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 Chiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar timbers, and masons, and carpenters, to build a house for him. 2 And David knew that the Lord had designed him to be king over Israel; because his kingdom was highly exalted, on account of his people Israel. 3 And David took more wives in Jerusalem: and there were born to David more sons and daughters. 4 And these are the names of those that were born, who were born to him in Jerusalem; Samaa, Sobab, Nathan, and Solomon, 5 and Baar, and Elisa, and Eliphaleth, 6 and Nageth, and Naphath, and Japhie, 7 and Elisamae, and Eliade, and Eliphala.

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
And the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrha brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.
Numbers 34:12
And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the termination shall be the salt sea; this shall be your land and its borders round about.
Deuteronomy 3:17
And Araba and Jordan are the boundary of Machanareth, even to the sea of Araba, the salt sea under Asedoth Phasga eastward.
Joshua 3:16
then the waters that came down from above stopped; there stood one solid heap very far off, as far as the region of Kariathiarim, and the lower part came down to the sea of Araba, the salt sea, till it completely failed; and the people stood opposite Jericho.
Psalms 107:34
a fruitful land into saltness, for the wickedness of them that dwell in it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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