Verse 43
"David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and both of them became his wives. Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim."
When David later had the power he took Michal back (2 Samuel 3:14-15). It is not certain exactly who Ahinoam might have been, but one possibility is that she was one of the wives of Saul (2 Samuel 12:8). If so, the mention of her here is that of an event that came twenty-two years later. We reject that view for that reason. It appears that "Ahinoam was a woman from Jezreel whom David married after Saul gave Michal to Palti. She and Abigail appear to have been David's only wives prior to the beginning of his reign in Hebron."[17]
The polygamy of David was one of his sins, of which there were many, but in the customs of the times such marriages were generally accepted.
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