Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. He acquired eighteen wives and sixty concubines and was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
1 Kings 11:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He had seven hundred wives who were princesses and three hundred who were concubines, and they turned his heart away. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He had 700 wives, princesses, and 300 concubines, and his wives turned away his heart from God. American Standard Version (1901) And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart. Common English Bible He had seven hundred royal wives and three hundred secondary wives. They turned his heart. Catholic Public Domain Version And for him, there were seven hundred wives, as if they were queens, and three hundred concubines. And the women turned aside his heart. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he had seven hundred wives as queens, and three hundred concubines. And the women turned away his heart. |
Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. He acquired eighteen wives and sixty concubines and was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
Before this day is over, the noble women of Persia and Media who hear about the queen’s act will say the same thing to all the king’s officials, resulting in more contempt and fury.
I also amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered male and female singers for myself, and many concubines, the delights of men. ,
which my soul continually searches for but does not find: I found one person in a thousand, but none of those was a woman.
There are sixty queens and eighty concubines and young women without number.
But my dove, my virtuous one, is unique; she is the favourite of her mother, perfect to the one who gave her birth. Women see her and declare her fortunate; queens and concubines also, and they sing her praises:
He must not acquire many wives for himself so that his heart won’t go astray. He must not acquire very large amounts of silver and gold for himself.
The Israelites took their daughters as wives for themselves, gave their own daughters to their sons, and worshipped their gods.
He went to his father’s house in Ophrah and killed his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal, on top of a large stone. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid.