1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| II Samuel 5:13 | *And David took more concubines and wives of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were born to David other sons also and daughters: 1 Paralipomenon 3:1- 2. | David took more concubines and wives of Jerusalem. Not harlots, but wives of an inferior condition: for such in Scripture are styled concubines. (Challoner) --- He had in all eight wives, and ten whom he married with less solemnity. He might desire to attach the principal families of the nation, as well as some foreign princes, to his interests. Moses forbids a king to have too many wives, Deuteronomy 17:17. (Calmet) --- But David is never blamed for the transgression of this precept. See 2 Kings 3:1. (Menochius) |