2 Chronicles 11:21

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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.

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  • 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.

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  • 2 Chr 11:17-20
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    84%

    17And so they strengthed the kingdome of Iuda, & made Rehoboam the sonne of Solomon mightie three yeres long: for three yeres they walked in the way of Dauid and Solomon.

    18And Rehoboam toke him Mahalath the daughter of Ierimoth the sonne of Dauid to wyfe, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the sonne of Isai.

    19Which bare him children, Ieus, Samaria, and Zaham.

    20And after her he toke Maacha the daughter of Absolon, which bare him Abia, Atthai, Ziza, and Selomith.

  • 2 Chr 13:21
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    21But Abia waxed mightie, and maryed foureteene wiues, and begat twentie and two sonnes, and sixteene daughters.

  • 2 Chr 11:22-23
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    78%

    22And Rehoboam made Abia the sonne of Maacha, the chiefe ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.

    23And 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.

  • 1 Kgs 11:1-4
    4 verses
    73%

    1But king Solomo loued many outlandishe women, & the daughter of Pharao, and women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonites, & Hethites:

    2Wher as yet concerning these nations, the Lorde sayd vnto the children of Israel: Go not ye into them, nor let them come into, els will they turne your heartes after their gods: Neuerthelesse, Solomon claue vnto them in loue.

    3And he had seuen hundred queenes, and three hundred concubines: and his wyues turned away his heart.

    4For it came to passe when Solomon was olde, his wyues turned his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of Dauid his father.

  • Gen 22:24
    73%

    24And his concubine called Reumah, she bare also Tebah, & Gaham, Thahas, and Maacha.

  • 1 Kgs 15:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1In the eighteenth yere of king Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat, raigned Abiam ouer Iuda.

    2Three yeres raigned he in Hierusalem: and his mothers name was Maacha, the daughter of Abisalom.

  • 1 Chr 14:3
    70%

    3And Dauid toke yet mo wyues at Hierusalem, and begat mo sonnes and daughters.

  • 2 Sam 5:13
    70%

    13And 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 14:21
    70%

    21Rehoboam the sonne of Solomon raigned in Iuda: and Rehoboam was fourtie and one yeres olde when he began to raigne, & he raigned seuenteene yeres in Hierusalem, the citie which the Lorde did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: His mothers name was Naama, an Ammonite.

  • Song 6:8
    69%

    8There are threescore queenes, fourescore wiues, and damselles without number.

  • 1 Kgs 15:10
    69%

    10Fourtie & one yeres raigned he in Hierusalem: and his mothers name was Maacha, the daughter of Abisalom.

  • 1 Kgs 14:31
    69%

    31And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buryed besyde his fathers in the citie of Dauid: His mothers name was Naama, an Ammonite. And Abiam his sonne raigned in his steade.

  • 1 Chr 3:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2The thirde Absalom the sonne of Maacha, the daughter of Thalmai king of Gesur: the fourth, Adonia the sonne of Haggith:

    3The fyft, Sephatia of Abital: the sixt, Iethream, by Egla his wyfe.

  • Judg 8:30
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    30And Gedeon had threescore and ten sonnes of his body begotten: for he had many wyues.

  • 2 Sam 16:21-22
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    21And Ahithophel said vnto Absalom: Get thee in vnto thy fathers cocubines whiche he hath left to kepe the house, and all Israel shal heare, that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hades of al that are with thee, be strong.

    22And so they spread Absalom a tent vpon the toppe of the house, and Absalom went in vnto his fathers concubines in the sight of all Israel.

  • 2 Chr 12:13
    68%

    13And so king Rehoboam waxed mightie, & raigned in Hierusalem: And Rehoboam was one and fourtie yeres olde when he began to raigne, and he raigned seuenteene yeres in Hierusalem, the citie which the Lorde had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there: And his mothers name was Naama, an Ammonitesse.

  • 2 Kgs 8:18
    67%

    18And he walked in the wayes of the kinges of Israel, as they that were of the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wyfe, and he dyd euyll in the sight of the Lorde.

  • 2 Chr 24:3
    67%

    3And Iehoiada toke him two wyues, and he begat sonnes and daughters.

  • 1 Chr 3:9-10
    2 verses
    67%

    9These are all the sonnes of Dauid, beside the sonnes of the concubines: and Thamar was their sister.

    10Solomons sonne was Rehoboam, whose sonne was Abia, and Asa was his sonne, and Iehosaphat his sonne,

  • 1 Chr 2:48
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    48And Maacha was Calebs concubine, of whom he begat Seber and Thirhana:

  • Deut 21:15
    67%

    15If a man haue two wyues, one beloued, and another hated, and they haue borne hym children, both the loued and also the hated: If the first borne be the sonne of the hated:

  • 2 Chr 12:16
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    16And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the citie of Dauid, and Abia his sonne raigned in his steade.

  • 1 Chr 7:15-16
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    66%

    15And Machir toke wyues for Huppim, and Suppim: And the name of his sister was Maacha, and the name of an other sonne was Zelophahad: and Zelophahad had daughters.

    16And Maacha the wyfe of Machir bare a sonne, and called his name Pherez: and the name of his brother was Zeres, and his sonnes were Ulam, and Recem.

  • 2 Sam 20:3
    66%

    3And Dauid came to his house to Hierusalem, and the king toke the ten women his concubines, that he had left behind him to kepe ye house, & put them in warde, & fed them, but lay no more with them: And so they were inclosed vnto the day of their death, lyuing in wydowhood.

  • 1 Kgs 12:21
    66%

    21And when Rehoboam was come to Hierusalem, he gathered all the house of Iuda, with the tribe of Beniamin, an hundred and fourescore thousande of chosen men which were good warriours, to fight against the house of Israel, and to bring the kingdome againe to Rehoboam the sonne of Solomon.

  • 2 Sam 14:27
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    27And Absalom had three sonnes borne him, and one daughter named Thamar, whiche was a fayre woman to loke vpon.

  • 1 Chr 9:35
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    35And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Iehiel: whose wyfe was called Maacha.

  • 2 Chr 11:1
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    1And when Rehoboam was come to Hierusalem, he gathered of the house of Iuda and Beniamin, nine score thousand chosen men of warre, to fight against Israel, & to bring the kingdome againe to Rehoboam.

  • 2 Sam 19:5
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    5And Ioab came into the house to the king, and sayd: Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy seruautes, which this day haue saued thy life, & the liues of thy sonnes, and of thy daughters, & the liues of thy wyues, and of thy concubines,

  • Deut 17:17
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    17Also he ought not to multiplie wyues to him selfe, lest his heart turne away, neither shall he gather hym siluer and golde to much.

  • 1 Kgs 11:8
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    8And lykewyse dyd he for all his outlandishe wyues, which burnt cense and offered vnto their gods.

  • 2 Sam 3:3
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    3The 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:

  • Ezra 10:44
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    44All these had taken straunge wyues, and among the same there were some that had children by the wyues.