Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

He had 700 wives who were princesses and 300 concubines, and they turned his heart away from the Lord.

New American Standard Bible

He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away.

King James Version

And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

International Standard Version

He had 700 princess wives and 300 mistresses who turned his heart away from the LORD,

A Conservative Version

And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines. And his wives turned away his heart.

American Standard Version

And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

Amplified

He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away [from God].

Bible in Basic English

He had seven hundred wives, daughters of kings, and three hundred other wives; and through his wives his heart was turned away.

Darby Translation

And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

Julia Smith Translation

And there will be to him seven hundred chief wives, and three hundred concubines: and his wives will turn his heart

King James 2000

And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He had seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart.

Modern King James verseion

And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines. And his wives turned away his heart.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And he had seven hundred very Queens and three hundred concubines which turned always his heart.

NET Bible

He had 700 royal wives and 300 concubines; his wives had a powerful influence over him.

New Heart English Bible

He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

The Emphasized Bible

So it came to pass that he had seven hundred wives who were princesses, and three hundred concubines, - and, his wives, turned aside, his heart.

Webster

And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

World English Bible

He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

Youngs Literal Translation

And he hath women, princesses, seven hundred, and concubines three hundred; and his wives turn aside his heart.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And he had seven
שׁבעה שׁבע 
Sheba` 
Usage: 395

מאיה מאה 
me'ah 
מאיה מאה 
me'ah 
Usage: 581
Usage: 581

נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

שׂרה 
Sarah 
Usage: 5

and three
שׁלשׁה שׁלושׁה שׁלשׁ שׁלושׁ 
Shalowsh 
Usage: 430

פּלגשׁ פּילגשׁ 
Piylegesh 
Usage: 37

and his wives
נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

References

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Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

Solomon's Foreign Wives

2 from the nations that the Lord had told the Israelites about, “Do not intermarry with them, and they must not intermarry with you, because they will turn you away from Me to their gods.” Solomon was deeply attached to these women and loved them. 3 He had 700 wives who were princesses and 300 concubines, and they turned his heart away from the Lord. 4 When Solomon was old, his wives seduced him to follow other gods. He was not completely devoted to Yahweh his God, as his father David had been.


Cross References

2 Samuel 5:13-16

After he arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.

Judges 8:30-31

Gideon had 70 sons, his own offspring, since he had many wives.

Judges 9:5

He went to his father’s house in Ophrah and killed his 70 brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal, on top of a large stone. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.

2 Samuel 3:2-5

Sons were born to David in Hebron:

his firstborn was Amnon,
by Ahinoam the Jezreelite;

2 Chronicles 11:21

Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. He acquired 18 wives and 60 concubines and was the father of 28 sons and 60 daughters.

Ecclesiastes 7:28

which my soul continually searches for but does not find: among a thousand people I have found one true man, but among all these I have not found a true woman.

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