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I read he had 18 wives, is that 8 wives and 10 pilagshim?

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  • Not a direct answer, but highly relevant: youtube.com/watch?v=-J6YxtpoHuk This video tries to give King Davids turbulent intimate life a bit of Chassidus
    – Ilja
    Dec 21, 2020 at 23:00

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Rabbi David Levi says that he had 8 wives and 10 Pilagshim.

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The Seder Hadoros HaKotzair p.28 lists that he had 18 wives (and lists some of the more well-known - it is worth noting that he counts Eglah and Michal as being the same person see Sanhedrin 21a):

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Some sources in Nach are:

  1. Michal (Shmuel 1 - 18:27)
  2. Avigail (Shmuel 1 - 25:42)
  3. Achinoam (Shmuel 1 - 25:43)
  4. Ma'acha (Shmuel 2 - 3:3)
  5. Chagit (Shmuel 2 - 3:4)
  6. Avital (Shmuel 2 - 3:4)
  7. Eglah (Shmuel 2 - 3:5)
  8. Batsheva (Shmuel 2 - 12:24)

And then as has been mentioned in the comments there were 10 concubines (Shmuel 2 - 15:16) - One of which as the Seder HaDoros lists, is Ritzpah (Yerushalmi Sanhedrin 2:3)

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