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2 Samuel 5:13

2 Samuel 5:13 is verse 13 of 2 Samuel chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.

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King James Version

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.

World English Bible

David 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.

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2 Samuel 5:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible

11 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

12 And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.

13 After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.

14 These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

15 Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Genesis 25:5

Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.

Genesis 25:6

But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.

Deuteronomy 17:17

He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.

1 Chronicles 3:9

These were all the sons of David, besides the sons by his concubines. And Tamar was their sister.

1 Chronicles 14:3

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

1 Chronicles 14:4

These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

1 Chronicles 14:5

Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet,

1 Chronicles 14:6

Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,

1 Chronicles 14:7

Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphelet.

2 Chronicles 11:18

And Rehoboam married Mahalath, who was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.

2 Chronicles 11:19

She bore sons to him: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.

2 Chronicles 11:20

After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

2 Chronicles 11:21

Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

2 Chronicles 13:21

But Abijah grew strong, married fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

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