2 Samuel 3:2

“And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;”
King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations of 2 Samuel 3:2

� And vnto Dauid were sonnes borne in Hebron: and his first borne was Ammon, of Ahinoam the Iezreelitesse.
- King James Version (1611) - Compare to scan of original 2 Samuel chapter 3

Sons were born to David at Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his first-born was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
- American Standard Version (1901)

While David was in Hebron he became the father of sons: the oldest was Amnon, son of Ahinoam of Jezreel;
- Basic English Bible

And to David were sons born in Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jizreelitess;
- Darby Bible

And sons were born to David in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon of Achinoam the Jezrahelitess:
- Douay Rheims Bible

And to David were sons born in Hebron: and his first-born was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
- Webster's Bible

To David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
- World English Bible

And there are born to David sons in Hebron, and his first-born is Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess,
- Youngs Literal Bible

And unto David were sons born in Hebron; and his first-born was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Millard Lewis Powers's comment on 2020-08-07 02:18:50:

No. He wasn't. In fact, he said in 2 Samuel 11:8, "and I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given thee such and such things."

In the very next verse, he makes it very clear that he was angry because David had "despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight" by having Uriah killed and taking his wife. This was the word of the LORD spoken by Nathan the prophet. But he probably wasn't too happy about David's committing adultery with her before that, either.

Neither the LORD (God, the Father) nor Jesus EVER condemned any man at any time for having more than one wife, although I'm sure there were plenty around that did, even in the time of Jesus. There are still polygamous marriages in some countries even today.

What Jesus said was that if a man put one wife away (divorced her) to marry another, except if she had committed fornication, he was guilty of adultery and causing her and any future husband she might have to commit adultery. You have to read all accounts of his discourse on divorce to see that he's talking about putting her away in order to marry another. These are found in Matthew 5:31&32, Matthew 19:9, Mark 10:11&12, and Luke 16:18. So we see that, if a man had five wives, he was okay, but he could not put one away so that he could marry another. Perhaps this meant so he could afford to marry another. I don't know. But he could put her away for fornication. Why didn't he say adultery? Because adultery carried an automatic death sentence in those days. No divorce was necessary.

Too, Mark 10:12 shows that a woman could also put away her husband, but was under the same rules as the man pertaining to divorce.

Venette Burnett's comment on 2020-08-05 09:31:05:

Was God displeased at David for having so many wives? If so did he suffer consequences?

Vernita's comment on 2014-04-04 15:24:25:

I though David first born die, and I did not know he was named .

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