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1 Chronicles 14:3

David married more women in the city of Jerusalem and had 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.
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.
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 Hiram was king of the city of Tyre. He sent messengers to David. He also sent logs from cedar trees, stonecutters, and carpenters to David. Hiram sent them to build a house for David. 2 Then David understood that the Lord had really made him king of Israel. And he had made his kingdom large and powerful for the benefit of Israel, his people. 3 David married more women in the city of Jerusalem and had more sons and daughters. 4 These are the names of David's children born in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, 5 Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet, 6 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, 7 Elishama, 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
and the Lord began to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. He caused fire and burning sulfur to fall from the sky.
Numbers 34:12
Then the border will continue along the Jordan River. It will end at the Dead Sea. These are the borders around your country."
Deuteronomy 3:17
The Jordan River near the desert is their western border. Lake Galilee is north of this area and the Dead Sea is to the south. It is at the bottom of the cliffs of Pisgah, which are to the east.
Joshua 3:16
immediately the water stopped flowing and piled up like a wall. The water piled up high a long way up the river—all the way to Adam (a town near Zarethan). And the water flowing down to the sea of Arabah (the Dead Sea) was completely cut off. The people crossed the river near Jericho.
Psalms 107:34
He made the fertile land become salty, because the people living there did such evil things.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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