2 Chronicles 11:21

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Summary

And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)

Eighteen wives

General references

Deuteronomy 21:16

2 Samuel 5:13

Song of Songs 6:8

Bible References

Eighteen wives

And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fortified city: and he gave them victuals in abundance. And he sought for them many wives.

Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten; for he had many wives.

And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his first-born was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;

And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.

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

Now these were the sons of David, that were born unto him in Hebron: the first-born, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess;

There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number.

General references

then it shall be, in the day that he causeth his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved the first-born before the son of the hated, who is the first-born:

And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.

There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number.