Adam Clarke Commentary - 2 Samuel 5:13

Adam Clarke Commentary - 2 Samuel 5:13 - 5:13

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Adam Clarke Commentary - 2 Samuel 5:13 - 5:13

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5:1 - 5:1
5:3 - 5:3
5:6 - 5:6
5:11 - 5:11
5:13 - 5:13
5:14 - 5:14
5:17 - 5:17
5:19 - 5:19
5:20 - 5:20
5:21 - 5:21
5:23 - 5:23
5:24 - 5:24
5:25 - 5:25

David took him more concubines - He had, in all conscience, enough before; he had, in the whole, eight wives and ten concubines. That dispensation permitted polygamy, but from the beginning it was not so; and as upon an average there are about fourteen males born to thirteen females, polygamy is unnatural, and could never have entered into the original design of God.