2 Chronicles 11:21

American Standard Version (1901)

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.)

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  • Deut 17:17 : 17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
  • 2 Sam 3:2-5 : 2 And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his first-born was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; 3 and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; 4 and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; 5 and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah, David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
  • 2 Sam 5:13 : 13 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.
  • 1 Kgs 11:3 : 3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
  • 1 Chr 3:1-9 : 1 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; 2 the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; 3 the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife: 4 six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years; 5 and these were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel; 6 and Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, 7 and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 8 and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. 9 All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.
  • 2 Chr 11:23 : 23 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.
  • Song 6:8-9 : 8 There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number. 9 My dove, my undefiled, is [but] one; She is the only one of her mother; She is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed; [Yea], the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
  • Judg 8:30 : 30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten; for he had many wives.

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  • 2 Chr 11:17-20
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    17So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years; for they walked three years in the way of David and Solomon.

    18And Rehoboam took him a wife, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, [and of] Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

    19and she bare him sons: Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham.

    20And after her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

  • 2 Chr 13:21
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    21But Abijah waxed mighty, and took unto himself fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.

  • 2 Chr 11:22-23
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    22And Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, [even] the prince among his brethren; for [he was minded] to make him king.

    23And 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.

  • 1 Kgs 11:1-4
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    1Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;

    2of the nations concerning which Jehovah said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

    3And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

    4For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as was the heart of David his father.

  • Gen 22:24
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    24And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bare Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.

  • 1 Kgs 15:1-2
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    1Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah.

    2Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

  • 1 Chr 14:3
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    3And David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David begat more sons and daughters.

  • 2 Sam 5:13
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    13And 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.

  • 1 Kgs 14:21
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    21And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

  • Song 6:8
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    8There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number.

  • 1 Kgs 15:10
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    10And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

  • 1 Kgs 14:31
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    31And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.

  • 1 Chr 3:2-3
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    2the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;

    3the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife:

  • Judg 8:30
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    30And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten; for he had many wives.

  • 2 Sam 16:21-22
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    21And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, that he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then will the hands of all that are with thee be strong.

    22So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

  • 2 Chr 12:13
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    13So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

  • 2 Kgs 8:18
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    18And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife; and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.

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    3And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.

  • 1 Chr 3:9-10
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    9All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.

    10And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

  • 1 Chr 2:48
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    48Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber and Tirhanah.

  • Deut 21:15
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    15If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated;

  • 2 Chr 12:16
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    16And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.

  • 1 Chr 7:15-16
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    15and Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maacah; and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.

    16And Maacah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

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    3And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and provided them with sustenance, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

  • 1 Kgs 12:21
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    21And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, that were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

  • 2 Sam 14:27
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    27And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.

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    35And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah:

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    1And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, that were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

  • 2 Sam 19:5
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    5And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, who this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;

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    17Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

  • 1 Kgs 11:8
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    8And so did he for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

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    3and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;

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    44All these had taken foreign wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had children.