1 Samuel 25:43

King James Version

David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
David also married Ahinoam of Jezreel, and the two of them became his wives.

Hebrew Names Version
David also took Achino'am of Yizre`el; and they became both of them his wives.

Lexham English Bible
David had also taken Ahinoam from Jezreel, and both of them became his wives.

English Standard Version
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel, and both of them became his wives.

New Century Version
David also had married Ahinoam of Jezreel. So they were both David's wives.

New English Translation
David had also married Ahinoam from Jezreel; the two of them became his wives.

Amplified Bible
David had also taken Ahinoam of Jezreel, and they both became his wives.

New American Standard Bible
David had also taken Ahinoam of Jezreel, and they both became his wives.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Dauid also tooke Ahinoam of Izreel, and they were both his wiues.

Legacy Standard Bible
David had also taken Ahinoam of Jezreel, and they both became his wives.

Contemporary English Version
David had earlier married Ahinoam from the town of Jezreel, so both she and Abigail were now David's wives.

Complete Jewish Bible
David also took Achino‘am of Yizre‘el; both of them became his wives.

Darby Translation
David had also taken Ahinoam of Jizreel; and they became, even both of them, his wives.

Easy-to-Read Version
David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. Both Ahinoam and Abigail were David's wives.

George Lamsa Translation
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and both of them became his wives.

Good News Translation
David had married Ahinoam from Jezreel, and now Abigail also became his wife.

Literal Translation
And David had taken Ahinoam from Jezreel. And they became, even both of them, wives to him.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Dauid toke Ahinoam of Iesrael also, and they both became his wyues.

American Standard Version
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they became both of them his wives.

Bible in Basic English
And David had taken Ahinoam of Jezreel, to be his wife; these two were his wives.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Dauid also toke Ahinoam of Iezrael, and they were both his wyues.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they became both of them his wives.

King James Version (1611)
Dauid also tooke Ahinoam of Iezreel, and they were also both of them his wiues.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And David took Achinaam out of Jezrael, and they were both his wives.

English Revised Version
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they became both of them his wives.

Berean Standard Bible
David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. So she and Abigail were both his wives.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But also Dauid took Achynoem of Jezrael, and euer eithir was wijf to hym;

Young's Literal Translation
And Ahinoam hath David taken from Jezreel, and they are -- even both of them -- to him for wives;

Update Bible Version
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they became both of them his wives.

Webster's Bible Translation
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.

World English Bible
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they became both of them his wives.

New King James Version
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel, and so both of them were his wives.

New Living Translation
David also married Ahinoam from Jezreel, making both of them his wives.

New Life Bible
David had taken Ahinoam of Jezreel also. They both became his wives.

New Revised Standard
David also married Ahinoam of Jezreel; both of them became his wives.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
David took, Ahinoam also, out of Jezreel, - and, they two, became his wives.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Moreover David took also Achinoam of Jezrahel: and they were both of them his wives.

Revised Standard Version
David also took Ahin'o-am of Jezreel; and both of them became his wives.

THE MESSAGE
David also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. Both women were his wives. Saul had married off David's wife Michal to Palti (Paltiel) son of Laish, who was from Gallim.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
David had also taken Ahinoam of Jezreel, and they both became his wives.

Contextual Overview

³⁶ And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. ³⁷ But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. ³⁸ And it came to pass about ten days after, that the Lord smote Nabal, that he died. ³⁹ And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord , that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife. ⁴⁰ And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife. ⁴¹ And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord. ⁴² And Abigail hasted, and arose and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife. ⁴³ David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives. ⁴⁴ But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jezreel: Joshua 15:56, 2 Samuel 3:2

both: Genesis 2:24, Matthew 19:5, Matthew 19:8

his wives: 1 Samuel 27:3, 1 Samuel 30:5, 2 Samuel 5:13-16

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 2:2 - General 1 Chronicles 3:1 - Ahinoam

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel,.... A city in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:56; that is, he took her to wife, and as it seems before Abigail became his wife; see 2 Samuel 3:2;

and they were also both of them his wives; polygamy, though not agreeably to the law of nature, nor the law of God, was a custom which prevailed in those times, which good men gave into, though not to be commended for it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the list of David’s wives Ahinoam is mentioned first 2 Samuel 3:2; 1 Chronicles 3:1. But this may be only because her son was the first-born. David’s now taking two wives was an indication of his growing power and importance as a chieftain. The number was increased to six when he reigned in Hebron 1 Chronicles 3:1, and still further when he became king of all Israel 2 Samuel 5:12-13. See 1 Samuel 1:2 note.

Of Jezreel - Not the well-known city of Samaria, which gave its name to the plain of Esdraelon, but a town of Judah, near Carmel (marginal reference).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 25:43. David also took Ahinoam — Many think that this was his wife before he took Abigail; she is always mentioned first in the list of his wives, and she was the mother of his eldest son Ammon.

Of Jezreel — There were two places of this name; one in the tribe of Issachar, the other in the tribe of Judah.