Verse 21

And Rehoboam loued Maacha the daughter of Absolo aboue al his wyues and concubines: for he toke eyghteene wyues and threescore concubines, and begat twentie and eyght sonnes & threescore daughters.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 17:17 : 17 Also he ought not to multiplie wyues to him selfe, lest his heart turne away, neither shall he gather hym siluer and golde to much.
  • 2 Sam 3:2-5 : 2 And vnto Dauid were children borne in Hebron: his eldest sonne also was Amnon of Ahinoam the Iesraelite: 3 The seconde, Cheleab of Abigail the wyfe of Nabal the Carmelite: the third, Absalom the sonne of Maacha the daughter of Thalmai, the king of Gessur: 4 The fourth, Adonia the sonne of Haggith: the fyft, Sephatia the sonne of Abital: 5 And the sixt Iethream, by Egla Dauids wyfe: These were borne to Dauid in Hebron.
  • 2 Sam 5:13 : 13 And Dauid toke him mo concubines and wyues out of Hierusalem, after he was come from Hebron, and mo sonnes & daughters were yet borne to Dauid.
  • 1 Kgs 11:3 : 3 And he had seuen hundred queenes, and three hundred concubines: and his wyues turned away his heart.
  • 1 Chr 3:1-9 : 1 These were the sonnes of Dauid whiche were borne vnto him in Hebron: ye eldest, Ammon of Ahinoam the Iesraelitesse: the seconde, Daniel of Abigail the Carmelitesse: 2 The thirde Absalom the sonne of Maacha, the daughter of Thalmai king of Gesur: the fourth, Adonia the sonne of Haggith: 3 The fyft, Sephatia of Abital: the sixt, Iethream, by Egla his wyfe. 4 These sixe were borne vnto him in Hebron, and there he raigned seuen yeres and sixe monethes: and in Hierusalem he raigned thirtie and three yeres. 5 And these were borne vnto him in Hierusalem: Sima, Sobab, Nathan, and Solomo, foure, of Bathsua the daughter of Ammiel, 6 Ibhar also and Elisama, Eliphelet, 7 Noga, Nepheg, and Iephia, 8 Elisama, Eliada, and Eliphelet: nine in number. 9 These are all the sonnes of Dauid, beside the sonnes of the concubines: and Thamar was their sister.
  • 2 Chr 11:23 : 23 And he played wyselie, and scattered all his children throughout al the countryes of Iuda and Beniamin vnto euery strong citie, and he gaue them aboundaunce of vittaile, and obtayned many wyues.
  • Song 6:8-9 : 8 There are threescore queenes, fourescore wiues, and damselles without number. 9 One is my doue, one is my dearlyng: She is the only beloued of her mother, and deare vnto her that bare her: When the daughters sawe her, they sayde she was blessed, yea the queenes & wiues praysed her.
  • Judg 8:30 : 30 And Gedeon had threescore and ten sonnes of his body begotten: for he had many wyues.