2 Chronicles 11:23

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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.

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  • Gen 25:6 : 6 But vnto the sonnes of the concubines whiche Abraham had, he gaue gyftes, and sent them away from Isahac his sonne (whyle he yet lyued) eastwarde vnto the east countrey.
  • 1 Kgs 1:5-6 : 5 And Adonia the sonne of Haggith exalted him selfe, saying: I wilbe king. And he gat him charettes and horsemen, and fyftie men to runne before him. 6 And his father for his time would not displease him, to say why hast thou done so? And he was a very goodly man: and his mother bare him next after Absalom.
  • 2 Chr 10:8-9 : 8 But he left the counsaile which the elders gaue him, and toke counsaile with the young men that were growen vp with him, and that stoode in his presence. 9 And he saide vnto them: What aduise geue ye, that we may aunswere this people, which haue communed with me, saying, Abate somewhat of the yoke which thy father did put vpon vs? 10 And the young men that were growen vp with him, spake vnto him, saying, Thus shalt thou aunswere the people that speake to thee, saying: Thy father made our yoke heauy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for vs: Thus shalt thou say vnto the, My litle finger, shalbe heauier then my fathers loynes. 11 For where my father put a heauy yoke vpon you, I will put more to your yoke: My father chastised you with whyppes, but I wyll chastise you with scourges. 12 And so Ieroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come againe to me the third day. 13 And the king aunswered them cruelly: and king Rehoboam left the counsaile of the aged men, 14 And aunswered them after the aduise of the young men, saying: My father made your yoke greeuous, and I wyll adde thereto: my father chastised you with whyppes, but I wyll chastise you with scourges. 15 And so the king hearkened not vnto the people: but the occasion came of God, that the Lorde might make good his saying which he spake by the hand of Ahia the Silonite to Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat.
  • 2 Chr 21:3 : 3 And their father gaue the many great giftes of gold and siluer, and other speciall substaunce, with strong cities in Iuda: but the kingdome gaue he to Iehoram, for he was the eldest.
  • Luke 16:8 : 8 And the Lord commended the vniuste stewarde, because he had done wisely. For the chyldren of this worlde are in their nation, wiser then the chyldren of lyght.

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  • 2 Chr 11:17-22
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    76%

    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.

    21And 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.

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

  • 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.

  • 1 Kgs 11:3-4
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    71%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 11:5
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    5And Rehoboam dwelt in Hierusalem, and built strong cities in Iuda.

  • 2 Chr 11:11-13
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    70%

    11And he repaired the strong holdes, and put captaynes in them, and store of vittaile, and wine, and oyle:

    12And in all cities he put shieldes and speares, & made them exceeding strong, hauing Iuda and Beniamin on his syde.

    13And the priestes and the Leuites that were in all Israel, resorted to him out of all their coastes.

  • Judg 21:22-23
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    69%

    22And when their fathers or brethren come vnto vs to complayne, we will say vnto them, Haue pitie on vs for their sakes: because we reserued not to eche man his wyfe in tyme of warre, neither haue ye geuen vnto them, that ye should sinne at this time.

    23And the children of Beniamin did eue so, and toke them wyues according to the numbre of them that dauced, whom they caught: and they went, and returned vnto their inheritaunce, and repayred the cities, and dwelt in them.

  • 2 Chr 10:17
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    17So that Rehoboam raigned ouer no mo of the children of Israel then dwelt in the cities of Iuda.

  • 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.

  • 1 Kgs 12:17
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    17Howebeit, ouer the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Iuda, dyd Rehoboam raigne still.

  • 2 Sam 5:13
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    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.

  • 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.

  • 1 Chr 14:3
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    3And Dauid toke yet mo wyues at Hierusalem, and begat mo sonnes and daughters.

  • 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.

  • Jer 29:6
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    6Take you wiues to beare you sonnes and daughters, prouide wiues for your sonnes, and husbandes for your daughters, that they may get sonnes & daughters: and that ye may multiplie there, and decrease not.

  • 1 Kgs 12:21
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    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 Chr 24:3
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    3And Iehoiada toke him two wyues, and he begat sonnes and daughters.

  • 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 12:23
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    23Speake vnto Rehoboam the sonne of Solomon king of Iuda, & vnto all the house of Iuda and Beniamin, & to the remnaunt of the people, saying:

  • 1 Kgs 11:1
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    1But king Solomo loued many outlandishe women, & the daughter of Pharao, and women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonites, & Hethites:

  • Judg 12:9
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    9And he had thirtie sonnes and thirtie daughters, whom he sent out, and toke in thirtie daughters from abrode for his sonnes. And when Ibzan had iudged Israel seuen yere,

  • 2 Chr 11:3
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    3Speake vnto Rehoboam the sonne of Solomon king of Iuda, & to all them of Israel that are in Iuda and Beniamin, and say:

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

  • 2 Chr 32:29
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    29And he made him cities, & had of sheepe and oxen great aboundaunce: For God had geuen him substaunce exceeding much.

  • Judg 21:14
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    14And Beniamin came againe at that time, and they gaue them wyues which they had saued alyue of the woman of Iabes Gilead: But they suffised them not.

  • 2 Sam 20:3
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    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 14:21
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    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.

  • 1 Kgs 14:31
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    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.

  • 2 Chr 17:2
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    2And he put souldiers in all the strong cities of Iuda, and set rulers in the lande of Iuda, and in the cities of Ephraim which Asa his father had wonne.

  • 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 15:16
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    16And the king departed, and al his housholde at his feete: And the king left ten concubines to kepe the house.

  • Neh 13:26
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    26Dyd not Solomon the king of Israel sinne by these thinges? and yet among many heathen was there no king like him, which was deare vnto his God, & God made hym king ouer all Israel: and yet neuerthelesse outlandishe women caused him to sinne.

  • 1 Chr 7:4
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    4And with them in their generations after the houshold of their fathers, were sixe and thirtie thousande souldiers and valiaunt men of warre: For they had many wyues and sonnes.

  • Judg 21:16
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    16And then the elders of the congregation, sayd: What shall we do to the remnaunt of them, to get them wiues? seyng all the women of Beniamin are destroyed?

  • 2 Chr 21:17
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    17And they came vp into Iuda, and wasted it, & caried away all the substaunce that was found in the kinges house, and his sonnes, and his wyues: so that there was neuer a sonne left hym, saue Iehohahaz, which was the youngest among his sonnes.

  • 2 Chr 12:12-13
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    12And when he humbled himselfe, the wrath of the Lorde turned from him, that he woulde not destroy altogether: and in Iuda all was well.

    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.

  • Deut 21:15
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    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:

  • 1 Kgs 12:1
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    1And Rehoboam went to Siche: for all Israel were come to Sichem, to make him king.