2 Samuel 5:13
After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHERE
- Jerusalem, Hebron
- WHEN
- c. 1010-1003 BC
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WHEN
c. 1010-1003 BC
counted from the text
David takes Jerusalem and makes it the capital.
WHO RULED
- David king of Israel 1010-970 BC
SOURCES
- date — 2 Samuel 5:4-5 gives the length of the reign, not the year. The absolute years come from the chronology of the kings, anchored in 1 Kings 6:1.
- David — 2 Samuel 5:4-5, which gives the length of the reign; the Tel Dan stele, which mentions the "house of David" (the oldest record of the name outside the Bible)
SEE ALSO
- 1 Chronicles 3:9 These were all the sons of David, besides the sons by his concubines. And Tamar was their sister.
- Deuteronomy 17:17 He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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