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.
David Becomes King Over Israel. 5 All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, âWe are your own flesh and blood. In the past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns. And the Lord said to you, âYou will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become their ruler. ââ. When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, the king made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel. David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.