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1 Kings 11:3

WEB

3He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines. His wives turned his heart away.

KJV

3And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

BSB

3He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubinesand his wives turned his heart away.

FBV

3He had seven hundred wives of noble birth and three hundred concubines. His wives did convince him to turn away from the Lord.

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Extra References

Ecclesiastes 7:28

28which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all those.


2 Samuel 5:13-16

13David took more concubines and wives for himself out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to David. 14These are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, 15Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, 16Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.


2 Samuel 3:2-5

2Sons were born to David in Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; 3and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; 4and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; 5and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah, David’s wife. These were born to David in Hebron.


2 Chronicles 11:21

21Rehoboam loved Maacah the granddaughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines; for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.


Judges 9:5

5He went to his father’s house at Ophrah, and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, being seventy persons, on one stone; but Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, for he hid himself.


Judges 8:30-31

30Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body, for he had many wives. 31His concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.