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2 Kings 5:13

And David took more concubines and wives of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were born to David other sons also and daughters:

Challoner: David took more concubines and wives of JerusalemNot harlots, but wives of an inferior condition; for such, in scripture, are styled concubines.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine): Accepit ergo David adhuc concubinas et uxores de Jerusalem, postquam venerat de Hebron : natique sunt David et alii filii et filiæ :
Septuagint (Swete): Καὶ ἔλαβεν Δαυεὶδ ἔτι γυναῖκας καὶ παλλακὰς ἐξ Ἰερουσαλὴμ μετὰ τὸ ἐλθεῖν αὐτὸν εἰς Χεβρών· καὶ ἐγένοντο τῷ Δαυεὶδ ἔτι υἱοὶ καὶ θυγατέρες.
Hebrew (WLC): וַיִּקַּח֩ דָּוִ֨ד ע֜וֹד פִּֽלַגְשִׁ֤ים וְנָשִׁים֙ מִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם אַחֲרֵ֖י בֹּא֣וֹ מֵחֶבְר֑וֹן וַיִּוָּ֥לְדּוּ ע֛וֹד לְדָוִ֖ד בָּנִ֥ים וּבָנֽוֹת

Haydock's commentary

David took more concubines and wives of Jerusalem. Not harlots, but wives of an inferior condition: for such in Scripture are styled concubines. (Challoner)

He had in all eight wives, and ten whom he married with less solemnity. He might desire to attach the principal families of the nation, as well as some foreign princes, to his interests. Moses forbids a king to have too many wives, Deuteronomy xvii. 17. (Calmet)

But David is never blamed for the transgression of this precept. See chap. iii. 1. (Menochius)

From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.