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David's Sons Born in Jerusalem

(1 Chronicles 14.3-7)

13 After David left Hebron and moved to Jerusalem, he married many women[a] from Jerusalem,[b] and he had a lot of children.

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Footnotes

  1. 5.13 married many women: Some of these women were second-class wives (see the note at 3.7).
  2. 5.13 from Jerusalem: Or “in Jerusalem.”

16-17 David left behind ten of his wives[a] to take care of the palace, but the rest of his family and his officials and soldiers went with him.

They stopped at the last house at the edge of the city.

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Footnotes

  1. 15.16,17 wives: See the note at 3.7.

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