'Wives' in the Bible

And Rehoboam loved Maacah 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.)

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.

But Abijah waxed mighty, and took unto himself fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.

And all Judah stood before Jehovah, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

behold, Jehovah will smite with a great plague thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy substance;

and they came up against Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.

And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.

For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

and them that were reckoned by genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their office of trust they sanctified themselves in holiness.