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The Seeds of Future Sorrow
Commentators explain that David's decision to take multiple wives, while a common custom for powerful men at the time, was a "disastrous" one. They note that this act of polygamy, which went against God's original design for marriage, planted the seeds for the future "intrigues, crimes, and murders" that would plague David's own household.
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1 Samuel
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Samuel 25:43
18th Century
Theologian
In the list of David’s wives, Ahinoam is mentioned first (2 Samuel 3:2; 1 Chronicles 3:1). However, this may be only becaus…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 25:43
19th Century
Bishop
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel. —Jezreel is not the city in Issachar (Joshua 19:18), but a town in the southern pa…
John Gill
On 1 Samuel 25:43
17th Century
Pastor
And David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel A city in the tribe of Judah, (Joshua 15:56); that is, he took her to …
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Samuel 25:39–44
17th Century
Minister
Abigail believed that David would be king over Israel, and greatly esteemed his pious and excellent character. She deemed his proposal of marriage …