1 Chronicles 14:3

What does 1 Chronicles 14:3 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Chronicles 14:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And David took other wives in Jerusalem: and he begot sons, and daughters.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.2And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel; for his kingdom was exalted on high, for his people Israel’s sake.

v.3This passage

v.4And these are the names of the children whom he had in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 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 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.

  • Malachi 2:14

    Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:9

    Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.

  • Matthew 19:8

    He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.

  • Ecclesiastes 7:26

    And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

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