열왕기상 1:4의 주석
וְהַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ה יָפָ֣ה עַד־מְאֹ֑ד וַתְּהִ֨י לַמֶּ֤לֶךְ סֹכֶ֙נֶת֙ וַתְּשָׁ֣רְתֵ֔הוּ וְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לֹ֥א יְדָעָֽהּ׃
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Rashi on I Kings
Was not intimate with her. Because a virgin is more suitable for [the purpose] of warming than a non-virgin.6He therefore preferred that she remain a virgin. But our Rabbis said [he was not intimate with her] because “He shall not have too many wives,”7Devarim 17:17. See Rashi there. and he already had eighteen.8I.e., because Dovid already had eighteen wives, the maximum permitted for a king, he therefore did not marry her. See Maseches Sanhedrin 22a and Rashi there.
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