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 distributed some of his sons through all the districts of Judah and Benjamin, in all the fortified cities, and he gave them abundant provisions and procured wives for them.

And he shall not acquire many wives for himself, lest his heart turn away, nor shall he acquire for himself excessive silver and gold.

Now Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, for he had many wives.

And sons were born to David at Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam of Jezreel;

And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to David.

He had 700 wives, princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart.

These are the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelite; the second, Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelite,

There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and virgins without number.

General references

then on the day when he assigns his possessions as an inheritance to his sons, he may not treat the son of the loved as the firstborn in preference to the son of the unloved, who is the firstborn,

And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to David.

There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and virgins without number.