You might have seen a pain scale in your doctor's office before. One common type shows a series of numbered cartoon faces moving from 0 (smiling and pain-free) to 10 (weeping in agony.) A doctor would ask a person in pain which face matched up with what they were feeling. They might seem simple.
In our day this might be more than one. For Israelite King Echov, one particular foreign wife, Isabel, was one too many. King David is said to have had eighteen wives and concubines, seven mentioned by name in the OT and the others mentioned in the oral tradition.
King David was 70 Years old when he died. We know this from one definitive verse in the bible: 2 Samuel 5:4.David was 30 old when he began to reign, and he reign ed 40 years. David reigned in Israel 40 years.e know this from one definitive verse in the bible: 2 Samuel 5:4. David was 30 old when he began to reign, and he reign ed 40 years. David reigned in Israel 40 years.