Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Samuel 5:13

13 ¶ And David took him moe concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron, and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.

This may well be reckon'd amongst David's miscarriages, the multiplication of [illegible: 1 word] being expresly forbidden to the King, Deut. 17. 17. The use of seems to have been his Policy, that hereby he might enlarge his Family, and strengthen his Interest by Alliances with so many considerable Families. And the number of Wives being not limited, Deut. 17. he might conceive this was no Transgression of that Law.

Marginal references: 1 Chron. 3. 9. and 14. 3.