2 Samuel 5:13

And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron,.... He had six when he was at Hebron, Sa2 3:2, and now he took more, which was not to his honour, and…

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…

Here is, I. David's house built, a royal palace, fit for the reception of the court he kept and the homage that was paid to him, Sa2 5:11. The Jews were husbandmen and shepherds, and did not much…

took him mo concubines and wives In accordance with the general custom of Oriental monarchs. The law of the king in Deu 17:17 imposes some limitation on the practice. See note on ch. 2Sa 3:5.

Moas the…