a feud on the part of the other wives of david. >> if you go back and you read all these biblical stories, you'll see that all of these guys had lots of wives, and they all had lots of kids. ultimately the significance of the story is that david's personal family, his house, right, is no longer going to have any peace in it. david's going to be engaged in war in his family relations. there's always going to be war. clearance