David also married Ahinoam from Jezreel, making both of them his wives.
Parallel translations
- WEB David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they both became his wives.
- KJV David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.
- BSB David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. So she and Abigail were both his wives.
- NKJV David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel, and so both of them were his wives.
- NASB David had also taken Ahinoam of Jezreel, and they both became his wives.
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Quick answer
David also marries Ahinoam of Jezreel, so both are his wives. The note records David's multiple marriages without commending them.
Overview
The text states that David took Ahinoam as well, so that he had two wives. Scripture reports David's polygamy plainly but does not approve it, and the Old Testament's accounts of such marriages consistently bring strife and sorrow. The verse reminds readers that even men of faith fall short of God's design from the beginning of one man and one woman, a design upheld and restored in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- 1 Sam 30:5David’s two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
- 1 Sam 27:3David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.
- Josh 15:56Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,
- 2 Sam 3:2Sons were born to David in Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
- Gen 2:24Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
- Matt 19:5and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?’
- 2 Sam 5:13–16David 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.
- Matt 19:8He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.
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