MPV Commentary

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Sections for 2 Samuel 5
2Sa 5:1-5 The Tribes Anoint David King over Israel.
2Sa 5:6-12 He Takes Zion from the Jebusites.
2Sa 5:13-16 Eleven Sons Born to Him.
2Sa 5:17-25 He Smites the Philistines.
2Sa 5:13-16 Eleven Sons Born to Him.

David took additional concubines and wives for himself, actions that directly contradicted an explicit law in the Mosaic code (Deuteronomy 17:17), which prohibited the king of Israel from accumulating multiple wives.