With all that is happening in this chapter, it might be easy to miss something. David has gone from 2 wives (not including Saul's daughter) to 6 wives and one of them from a foreign king. David may have been a man after God's own heart, but he disobeyed the law by marrying her (Deuteronomy 7:3; Joshua 23:12). This is going to have consequences later, but for now, it only seems like a happy time as David's power and family are growing. The seeds for future problems have literally been born here.
Side note: Abner knew that David was anointed by God, but it was only when he was offended that he decided to support God's choice.
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