1 Kings 11:3

God's Word

He had 700 wives who were princesses and 300 wives who were concubines.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 11:21

Rehoboam loved Maacah, Absalom’s granddaughter, more than all his other wives and concubines. (He had 18 wives and 60 concubines. He fathered 28 sons and 60 daughters.)

Esther 1:18

Today the wives of the officials in Persia and Media who have heard what the queen did will talk back to all the king’s officials. There will be contempt and short tempers.

Ecclesiastes 2:8

I also gathered silver and gold for myself. I gathered the treasures of kings and provinces. I provided myself with male and female singers and the pleasures men have with one concubine  after another.

Ecclesiastes 7:28

I am still seeking a reason for things, but have not found any. I found one man out of a thousand who had it, but out of all these I didn’t find one woman.

Song of Solomon 6:8

There are 60 queens, 80 concubines, and countless virgins,

Song of Solomon 6:9

but she is unique, my dove, my perfect one. Her mother thinks she is unique. She is pure to the one who gave birth to her. Her sisters saw her and blessed her. Queens and concubines saw her and praised her.

Deuteronomy 17:17

The king must never have a large number of wives, or he will turn away ⌞from God⌟. And he must never own a lot of gold and silver.

Judges 3:6

The Israelites allowed their sons and daughters to marry these people. Israel also served their gods.

Judges 9:5

Then he went to his father’s home in Ophrah. There he executed his 70 brothers, Jerubbaal’s sons. But Jotham, Jerubbaal’s youngest son, survived because he hid.