Meanwhile David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to David.Power corrupts.
Here is, in my opinion, the true beginning of David's downfall. He already had several wives at this point, but that was not unusual for men of authority in the time. However, here we begin to see the start of David's insatiable sexual appetite. Wives could be explained as a means to have more children, and further enlarge his family (now dynasty). But when concubines are thrown in, this points to David having a sexual hunger that is not to be contained. He can basically have sex with his pick of women, whenever he wants.
This is the flaw that will lead the the Bathsheba incident later, and the first cracks in that flaw are now showing.
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