2 Samuel 5:13
Good News Translation
After moving from Hebron to Jerusalem, David took more concubines and wives, and had more sons and daughters.

New Revised Standard Version
In Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives; and more sons and daughters were born to David.

Contemporary English Version
After David left Hebron and moved to Jerusalem, he married many women from Jerusalem, and he had a lot of children.

New American Bible
David took more concubines and wives in Jerusalem after he had come from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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:

Genesis 25:5,6 And Abraham gave all his possessions to Isaac: . . .

Deuteronomy 17:17 He shall not have many wives, that may allure his mind, nor immense sums of silver and gold.

1 Chronicles 3:9 All these the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines: and they had a sister Thamar.

1 Chronicles 14:3-7 And David took other wives in Jerusalem: and he begot sons, and daughters. . . .

2 Chronicles 11:18-21 And Roboam took to wife Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David: and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Isai. . . .

2 Chronicles 13:21 But Abia, being strengthened in his kingdom, took fourteen wives: and begot two and twenty sons, and sixteen daughters.

Context
David's Family Grows
12And David knew that the Lord had confirmed him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom over his people Israel. 13And 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:14And these are the names of them, that were born to him in Jerusalem, Samua, and Sobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:17
He shall not have many wives, that may allure his mind, nor immense sums of silver and gold.

2 Samuel 5:12
And David knew that the Lord had confirmed him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom over his people Israel.

1 Kings 11:3
And he had seven hundred wives as queens, and three hundred concubines: and the women turned away his heart.

1 Chronicles 3:9
All these the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines: and they had a sister Thamar.

2 Samuel 5:12
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