1 Kings 11:3

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Summary

1 Kings 11:3

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

Seven hundred

General references

Exodus 34:16

Judges 3:6

Bible References

Seven hundred

Gideon had seventy sons, the offspring of his body; for he had a number of wives.

Then he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and put his brothers, the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, to death on the same stone; however, Jotham, the youngest, kept himself safe by going away to a secret place.

While David was in Hebron he became the father of sons: the oldest was Amnon, son of Ahinoam of Jezreel;

And David took more women and wives in Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and he had more sons and daughters.

Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, was dearer to Rehoboam than all his wives and his servant-wives: (for he had eighteen wives and sixty servant-wives, and was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)

For which my soul is still searching, but I have it not; one man among a thousand have I seen; but a woman among all these I have not seen.

General references

Or take their daughters for your sons; for when their daughters give worship before their gods, they will make your sons take part with them.

And they took as wives the daughters of these nations and gave their daughters to their sons, and became servants to their gods.