And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives. The phraseology means nothing more than that God in His providence, had given David, as king of Israel, everything that was Saul's. The history furnishes conclusive evidence that he never actually married any of the wives of Saul. But the harem of the preceding king belongs, according to Oriental notions, as a part of the regalia, to his successor (see the notes at 2 Samuel 3:7; 2 Samuel 16:21; 1 Kings 2:22).