Parallel Verses
NET Bible
He had 700 royal wives and 300 concubines; his wives had a powerful influence over him.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
Holman Bible
He had 700 wives who were princesses and 300 concubines,
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
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.
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.
Themes
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Exemplified
the Ammonites » Solomon intermarried with, and introduced idols of into israel
Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Solomon
Fellowship » The evil of fellowship with the wicked exemplified » By solomon
Instability » Instances of » Solomon, in yielding to his idolatrous wives
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Lasciviousness » Instances of » Solomon
Marriage » The reward for marrying idolaters
Marriage » The jews » Sometimes guilty of polygamy
Molech » Worshiped » By solomon » Solomon's wives
Rulers' » Wicked » Instances of » Solomon, luxurious, and idolatrous
Solomon » Has seven-hundred wives and three-hundred concubines
Solomon » Builds idolatrous temples
Solomon » His folly shown » In excessive sensuality
Women » Instances of » Solomon's wives, in their idolatrous and wicked influence over solomon
Topics
Interlinear
Sheba`
me'ah
מאיה מאה
me'ah
hundred, eleven hundred , hundredth, hundredfold, sixscore , hundred times
Usage: 581
Shalowsh
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 11:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon's Foreign Wives
2 They came from nations about which the Lord had warned the Israelites, "You must not establish friendly relations with them! If you do, they will surely shift your allegiance to their gods." But Solomon was irresistibly attracted to them. 3 He had 700 royal wives and 300 concubines; his wives had a powerful influence over him. 4 When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his father David had been.
Cross References
2 Samuel 5:13-16
David married more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he arrived from Hebron. Even more sons and daughters were born to David.
Judges 8:30-31
Gideon fathered seventy sons through his many wives.
Judges 9:5
He went to his father's home in Ophrah and murdered his half-brothers, the seventy legitimate sons of Jerub-Baal, on one stone. Only Jotham, Jerub-Baal's youngest son, escaped, because he hid.
2 Samuel 3:2-5
Now sons were born to David in Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, born to Ahinoam the Jezreelite.
2 Chronicles 11:21
Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than his other wives and concubines. He had eighteen wives and sixty concubines; he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
Ecclesiastes 7:28
What I have continually sought, I have not found; I have found only one upright man among a thousand, but I have not found one upright woman among all of them.