² So David went up there, and ^(A)his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the ^[a]widow of Nabal the Carmelite.

^2 (A)Sons were born to David in Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, by ^(B)Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; ³ and his second, Chileab, by Abigail the ^[a]widow of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of ^(C)Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of ^(D)Geshur; ⁴ and the fourth, ^(E)Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; ⁵ and the sixth, Ithream, by David’s wife Eglah. These sons were born to David in Hebron.

¹³ And he said, “Good! I will make a covenant with you, only I require one thing of you, ^[a]namely, that ^(A)you shall not see my face unless you ^(B)first bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come to see ^[b]me.” ¹⁴ So David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, saying, “Give me my wife Michal, to whom I was betrothed ^(C)for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.” ¹⁵ Ish-bosheth sent men and ^[c]had her taken from her husband, from ^[d]Paltiel the son of Laish.