3 And David taketh again wives in Jerusalem, and David begetteth again sons and daughters;
And these were sons of David, who were born to him in Hebron: the first-born Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess; the third Absalom, son of Maachah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth Adonijah, son of Haggith; the fifth Shephatiah, of Abital; the sixth Ithream, of Eglah his wife. Six have been borne to him in Hebron, and he reigneth there seven years and six months, and thirty and three years he hath reigned in Jerusalem.
Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth, A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually.
And I am finding more bitter than death, the woman whose heart `is' nets and snares, her hands `are' bands; the good before God escapeth from her, but the sinner is captured by her. See, this I have found, said the Preacher, one to one, to find out the reason (that still my soul had sought, and I had not found), One man, a teacher, I have found, and a woman among all these I have not found. See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they -- they have sought out many devices.
And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made `them', from the beginning a male and a female made them, and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh?
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Commentary on 1 Chronicles 14 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 14
In this chapter we have,
This is repeated here from 2 Sa. 5:11, etc.
1Ch 14:1-7
We may observe here,
1Ch 14:8-17
This narrative of David's triumph over the Philistines is much the same with that, 2 Sa. 5:17, etc.