2 Samuel 5 · Verse 13

2 Samuel 5:13

And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
2 Samuel 5:13, King James Version

2 Samuel 5:13 in other translations

BSBAfter he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
WEBDavid took more concubines and wives for himself out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to David.
ASVAnd David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
YLTAnd David taketh again concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after his coming from Hebron, and there are born again to David sons and daughters.
DARBYAnd David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
BBEAnd David took more women and wives in Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and he had more sons and daughters.
WebsterAnd David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.

What does 2 Samuel 5:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. David took him more concubines and wives--In this conduct David transgressed an express law, which forbade the king of Israel to multiply wives unto himself (De 17:17). 2Sa 5:17-25. He Smites the Philistines.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 David took him more concubines - He had, in all conscience, enough before; he had, in the whole, eight wives and ten concubines. That dispensation permitted polygamy, but from the beginning it was not so; and as upon an average there are about fourteen males born to thirteen females, polygamy is unnatural, and could never have entered into the original design of God.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 5:11-16

David's house was not the worse, nor the less fit to be dedicated to God, for being built by the sons of the stranger. It is prophesied of the gospel church, The sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee, Is 60:10. David's government was rooted and built up. David was established king; so is the Son of David, and all who, through him, are made to our God kings and priests…

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2 Samuel 5:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּקַּח֩vai.yi.Kachand he tookH3947
דָּוִ֨דda.VidDavidH1732
ע֜וֹדodagainH5750
פִּֽלַגְשִׁ֤יםpi.lag.ShimconcubinesH6370
וְנָשִׁים֙ve.na.Shimand wivesH802
מִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םmi.Ru.sha.Limfrom JerusalemH3389
אַחֲרֵ֖י'a.cha.ReiafterH310
בֹּא֣וֹbo.'Ocame heH935
מֵחֶבְר֑וֹןme.chev.Ronfrom HebronH2275
וַיִּוָּ֥לְדּוּvai.yi.Val.duand they were bornH3205
ע֛וֹדodagainH5750
לְדָוִ֖דle.da.Vidto DavidH1732
בָּנִ֥יםba.NimsonsH1121
וּבָנֽוֹת\׃u.va.Notand daughtersH1323

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Cross references for 2 Samuel 5:13

  • 1 Chronicles 3:9

    These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.

  • Deuteronomy 17:17

    Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

  • 2 Chronicles 11:18-21

    And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse; Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham. And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)

  • 2 Chronicles 13:21

    But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.

  • Genesis 25:5-6

    And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.

  • 1 Chronicles 14:3-7

    And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters. Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet, And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ge 25:5,6; De 17:17; 1Ch 3:9; 14:3-7; 2Ch 11:18-21; 13:21

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 5:12

    And David perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel’s sake.

  • 2 Samuel 5:13

    And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.

  • 2 Samuel 5:14

    And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,

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2 Samuel 5:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y tomó David más concubinas y mujeres de Jerusalem después que vino de Hebrón, y naciéronle más hijos é hijas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et David prit encore des concubines et des femmes de Jérusalem, après qu’il fut venu de Hébron, et il naquit encore à David des fils et des filles.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und David nahm noch Kebsweiber und Weiber aus Jerusalem, nachdem er von Hebron gekommen war; und es wurden David noch Söhne und Töchter geboren.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Accepit ergo David adhuc concubinas et uxores de Jerusalem, postquam venerat de Hebron: natique sunt David et alii filii et filiæ: