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David’s Family Grows

1 Chronicles 14:3

In 11 translations

BSB
And David took more wives in Jerusalem and became the father of more sons and daughters.
KJV
¶ And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.more: Heb. yet
WEB
David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David became the father of more sons and daughters.
ASV
And David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David begat more sons and daughters.
LSV
And David takes wives again in Jerusalem, and David begets sons and daughters again;
YLT
And David taketh again wives in Jerusalem, and David begetteth again sons and daughters;
DBY
And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begot more sons and daughters.
DRC
And David took other wives in Jerusalem: and he beget sons, and daughters.
GNV
Also Dauid tooke moe wiues at Ierusalem, and Dauid begate moe sonnes and daughters.
JPS
And David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David begot more sons and daughters.
LXXE
And David took more wives in Jerusalem: and there were born to David more sons and daughters.

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WLC
וַיִּקַּ֨ח דָּוִ֥יד ע֛וֹד נָשִׁ֖ים בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וַיּ֧וֹלֶד דָּוִ֛יד ע֖וֹד בָּנִ֥ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔλαβε Δαυὶδ ἔτι γυναῖκας ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ· καὶ ἐτέχθησαν Δαυὶδ ἔτι υἱοὶ καὶ θυγατέρες.

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  • 1 Chronicles 3:1–4These 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; the third was Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of…
  • Deuteronomy 17:17He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.
  • Ecclesiastes 7:26–29And 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. “Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have…
  • 1 Kings 11:3He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.
  • Ecclesiastes 9:9Enjoy 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 2:14Yet 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 19:8Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart; but it was not this way from the beginning.
  • 2 Samuel 5:13After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
  • Proverbs 5:18–19May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth: A loving doe, a graceful fawn— may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.
  • Matthew 19:4–5Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become…

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