1 Kings 11:3

English Standard Version 2016

He had 700 wives, who were princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 7:28

which my soul has sought repeatedly, but I have not found. One man among a thousand I found, but a woman among all these I have not found.

2 Chronicles 11:21

Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and concubines (he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters).

Judges 9:5

And he went to his father’s house at Ophrah and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, for he hid himself.

Deuteronomy 17:17

And he shall not acquire many wives for himself, lest his heart turn away, nor shall he acquire for himself excessive silver and gold.

Song of Solomon 6:8

There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and virgins without number.

Song of Solomon 6:9

My dove, my perfect one, is the only one, the only one of her mother, pure to her who bore her. The young women saw her and called her blessed; the queens and concubines also, and they praised her.

Judges 3:6

And their daughters they took to themselves for wives, and their own daughters they gave to their sons, and they served their gods.

Esther 1:18

This very day the noble women of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen’s behavior will say the same to all the king’s officials, and there will be contempt and wrath in plenty.

Ecclesiastes 2:8

I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I got singers, both men and women, and many concubines, the delight of the sons of man.