1 Kings 11:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.”
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“He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And he hath women, princesses, seven hundred, and concubines three hundred; and his wives turn aside his heart.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Kings 11:3 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 17:17He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.
- Judges 3:6And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
- Judges 8:30Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
- Judges 9:5He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.
- 2 Samuel 3:2And sons were born to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel;
- 2 Samuel 5:13After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
- 2 Chronicles 11:21Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
- Esther 1:18This very day the noble women of Persia and Media who have heard about the queen’s conduct will say the same thing to all the king’s officials, resulting in much contempt and wrath.
- Ecclesiastes 2:8and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.
- Ecclesiastes 7:28While my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I have found one upright man, but among all these I have not found one such woman.
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