Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Then David took more wives at Jerusalem, 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.

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

But while he was living in Jerusalem, David married more wives and fathered more sons and daughters.

A Conservative Version

And David took more wives at Jerusalem, and David begot more sons and daughters.

American Standard Version

And David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David begat more sons and daughters.

Amplified

Then David took more wives at Jerusalem, and he became the father of 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.

Darby Translation

And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begot more sons and daughters.

Julia Smith Translation

And David will take yet wives in Jerusalem: and David will yet beget sons and daughters.

King James 2000

And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David fathered more sons and daughters.

Modern King James verseion

And David took more wives at Jerusalem. And David fathered more sons and daughters.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And David took yet more wives at Jerusalem and begat more sons and daughters.

NET Bible

In Jerusalem David married more wives and fathered more sons and daughters.

New Heart English Bible

David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David became the father of more sons and daughters.

The Emphasized Bible

And David took more wives, in Jerusalem, - and David begat more sons and daughters.

Webster

And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.

World English Bible

David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David became the father of more sons and daughters.

Youngs Literal Translation

And David taketh again wives in Jerusalem, and David begetteth again sons and daughters;

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
דּויד דּוד 
David 
Usage: 1074

לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

ירוּשׁלים ירוּשׁלם 
Y@ruwshalaim 
Usage: 642

and David
דּויד דּוד 
David 
Usage: 1074

ילד 
Yalad 
Usage: 497

Verse Info

Context Readings

David's Wives And Children

2 And David, understanding that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel and had lifted up his kingdom above his people Israel, 3 Then David took more wives at Jerusalem, and David became the father of more sons and daughters. 4 Now these are the names of his children which were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

Cross References

Deuteronomy 17:17

Neither shall he multiply wives unto himself, that his heart turn not away; neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver or gold.

2 Samuel 5:13

And David took more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem after he had come from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born unto David.

1 Kings 11:3

And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

1 Chronicles 3:1-4

Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon of Ahinoam, the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel of Abigail of Carmel;

Proverbs 5:18-19

Thy fountain shall be blessed; and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

Ecclesiastes 7:26-29

and I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands are bonds; whosoever pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be held prisoner in her.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou dost love all the days which thou art to live in this lake of vanity, which are given unto thee; all the days of thy vanity under the sun: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour in which thou dost work under the sun.

Malachi 2:14

Yet ye say, Why? Because the LORD has been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously; yet she is thy companion and the wife of thy covenant.

Matthew 19:4-5

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he who made them at the beginning made them male and female?

Matthew 19:8

He said unto them, Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

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