He hadsevenhundredwives,princesses,and threehundredconcubines,and his wivesturnedhis heartaway.
RehoboamlovedMaacahthe daughterof Absalommorethanallhis [other] wivesand concubines.For he had takeneighteenwivesand sixtyconcubinesand fatheredtwenty-eightsonsand sixtydaughters.
"Thisdaythe ladiesof Persiaand Mediawhohave heardof the queen'sconductwill speakin [the same way] to allthe king'sprinces,and there will be plentyof contemptand anger.
Also,I collectedfor myself silverand goldand the treasureof kingsand provinces.I providedfor myself male and female singersand the pleasuresof men--manyconcubines.
whichI am stillseekingbut have not found.I have foundonemanamonga thousand,but I have not founda womanamong allthese.
"Thereare sixtyqueensand eightyconcubines,And maidenswithoutnumber;
[But] my dove,my perfectone,is unique:She is her mother'sonly[daughter]; She is the pure[child] of the one who boreher. The maidenssawher and calledher blessed,The queensand the concubines[also], and they praisedher, [saying],
"He shall not multiplywivesfor himself, orelsehis heartwill turnaway;norshall he greatlyincreasesilverand goldfor himself.
and they tooktheir daughtersfor themselves as wives,and gavetheir own daughtersto their sons,and servedtheir gods.
Then he wentto his father'shouseat Ophrahand killedhis brothersthe sonsof Jerubbaal,seventymen,on onestone.But Jothamthe youngestsonof Jerubbaalwas left,for he hidhimself.
