And David took more wives in Jerusalem and became the father of more sons and daughters.
We may observe here, 1. There is no man that has such a sufficiency in himself but he has need of his neighbours and has reason to be thankful for their help: David had a very large kingdom, Hiram a very little one; yet David could not build himself a house to his mind unless Hiram furnished him with both workmen and materials, Ch1 14:1.
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 14:1-7
HIS WIVES. (Ch1 14:3-7) David took more wives at Jerusalem--(See on Sa2 3:5). His concubines are mentioned (Ch1 3:9), where also is given a list of his children (Ch1 14:5-8), and those born in Jerusalem (Sa2 5:14-16). In that, however, the names of Eliphalet and Nogah do not occur, and Beeliada appears to be the same as Eliada.
1Ch 14:2-17 Instead of נשּׂא כּי, that He (Jahve) had lifted up (נשּׂא, perf. Pi.), as in 2Sa 5:12, in the Chronicle we read למעלה נשּׂאת כּי, that his kingdom had been lifted up on high. The unusual form נשּׂאת may be, according to the context, the third pers. fem. perf. Niph., nisaa't having first been changed into נשּׂאת, and thus contracted into נשּׂאת; cf. Ew. §194, b.
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 14:2-17