Rehoboam loved Maacah more that he loved all his other wives and women servants. {\cf2\super [165]} Maacah was Absalom’s granddaughter. Rehoboam had 18 wives and 60 woman servants. Rehoboam was the father of 28 sons and 60 daughters.
1 Kings 11:3 - Easy To Read Version Solomon had 700 wives. (These women were all daughters of leaders from other nations.) He also had 300 slave women that were like wives to him. His wives caused him to turn away from God. 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 more that he loved all his other wives and women servants. {\cf2\super [165]} Maacah was Absalom’s granddaughter. Rehoboam had 18 wives and 60 woman servants. Rehoboam was the father of 28 sons and 60 daughters.
“Today the wives of the Persian and Median leaders have heard what the queen did. And those women will be influenced by the thing she did. Those women will do the same thing to the king’s important leaders. And there will be plenty of disrespect and anger.
I also gathered silver and gold for myself. I took treasures from kings and their nations. I had men and women singing for me. I had everything anyone could want.
Also, the king must not have too many wives. Why? Because that will make him turn away from the Lord. And the king must not make himself rich with silver and gold.
The people of Israel began to marry the daughters of those people. The people of Israel allowed their own daughters to marry the sons of those people. And the people of Israel began to worship the gods of those people.
Abimelech went to his father’s house at Ophrah. Abimelech murdered his brothers. Abimelech killed the 70 sons of his father, Jerub Baal (Gideon). He killed them all at the same time. [78] But Jerub Baal’s youngest son hid from Abimelech and escaped. The youngest son’s name was Jotham.