2 Chronicles 11:23

Coverdale Bible (1535)

for he was wyse, & more mightie then all his sonnes in all the countrees of Iuda & Ben Iamin, and in all the stronge cities. And he gaue them plenteousnes of fode, and desyred many wyues.

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  • Gen 25:6 : 6 As for the children that he had of the concubynes, he gaue them giftes, and (whyle he yet lyued) he sent the awaye from his sonne Isaac, eastwarde in to the east countre.
  • 1 Kgs 1:5-6 : 5 Adonias ye sonne of Hagith lifte vp him selfe and sayde: I wyl be kynge. And he prepared him charettes and horsmen, and fyftie men to be renners on fote before him. 6 And his father reproued hi not therfore, so moch as to saye: Wherfore doest thou so? And he was a man of a very fayre bewtye and he had begotten him nexte after Absalo.
  • 2 Chr 10:8-9 : 8 Neuerthelesse he forsoke the councell of the Elders that they had geuen him, and toke councell at ye yonge men which were growne vp wt him, and stode before him. 9 And he sayde vnto the: What is youre councell, that we maye answere this people, which haue spoken vnto me, and saide: Make oure yock lighter, yt thy father layed vpon vs? 10 The yongemen yt were growne vp with him, spake vnto him, and sayde: Thus shalt thou saye vnto the people, that haue talked with the & spoken: Thy father made oure yock to heuy, make thou or yock lighter, Thus shalt thou saye vnto them: My litle finger shalbe thicker then my fathers loynes. 11 Yf my father hath layed an heuy yock vpon you, I wyl make youre yock the more. My father chastened you wt scourges, but I wyl beate you with scorpions. 12 Now whan Ieroboam and all the people came to Roboam on the thirde daye (acordynge as ye kinge sayde: Come to me againe on the thirde daie) 13 the kynge gaue the an harde answere. And Roboa the kynge forsoke ye councell of the Elders, 14 & spake vnto the after ye yonge mens councell, & sayde: Yf my father haue made yor yock to heuy, I wil make it yet heuyer. My father chastened you wt scourges, but I wyl beate you wt scorpios. 15 Thus the kynge folowed not ye peoples minde: for so was it determyned of God, yt ye LORDE might stablishe his worde, which he spake by Ahia of Silo, vnto Ieroboa ye sonne of Nebat.
  • 2 Chr 21:3 : 3 And their father gaue them many giftes of syluer, golde & Iewels, wt stronge cities in Iuda. But the kyngdome gaue he vnto Ioram: for he was the first borne.
  • Luke 16:8 : 8 And the lorde comended the vnrighteous stewarde, because he had done wysely. For the children of this worlde are in their kynde wyser, the the children of light.

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  • 2 Chr 11:17-22
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    76%

    17And so strengthed they ye kingdome of Iuda, and matayned Roboam the sonne of Salomon thre yeare longe: for they walked in ye waye of Dauid & Salomon thre yeares.

    18And Roboam toke Mahelath ye doughter of Ieremoth ye sonne of Dauid to wife, & Abihail the doughter of Eliab ye sonne of Isai,

    19which bare him these sonnes: Ieus, Semaria & Saham.

    20After her toke he Maecha the doughter of Absalom, which bare him Abia, Athai Sisa and Selomith.

    21But Roboam loued Maecha the doughter of Absalom better then all his wyues & concubynes: for he had eightene wyues and thre score cocubynes, and begat eight & twentye sonnes, and thre score doughters.

    22And Roboam set Abia the sonne of Maecha to be heade and prynce amonge his brethren: for he thoughte to make him kynge:

  • 2 Chr 13:21
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    21Now whan Abia was strengthed, he toke fourtene wyues, and begat two and twentye sonnes and sixtene daughters.

  • 1 Kgs 11:3-4
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    3And he had seuen hundreth wemen to wyues, and thre hundreth concubynes, and his wyues turned his hert asyde.

    4And whan he was now olde, his wyues bowed his hert after straunge goddes, so that his hert was not whole with the LORDE his God, as was the hert of Dauid his father.

  • 2 Chr 11:5
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    5As for Roboa, he dwelt at Ierusalem, and buylded vp the stronge cities in Iuda,

  • 2 Chr 11:11-13
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    11& he made them stronge, and set prynces therin, & prouyded them of vytayles, oyle and wyne,

    12and in all cities prepared he shildes and speares, and made them very stronge. And Iuda and BenIamin were vnder him.

    13The Prestes and Leuites also came vnto him out of Israel and from all the borders therof,

  • Judg 21:22-23
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    22As for their fathers and brethren, whan they come to lawe with vs, we wyll saye vnto them: Be fauourable to them, for they haue not taken the in battaill: but ye gaue the not vnto them by time, and it is youre faute.

    23The children of BenIamin did so, and acordinge to their nombre toke them wyues from the daunse, whom they caught by violence, and wente their waye, & dwelt in their awne inheritaunce, and buylded cities and dwelt therin.

  • 2 Chr 10:17
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    17so that Roboam reigned but ouer the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Iuda.

  • 2 Chr 11:1
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    1And whan Roboam came to Ierusalem, he gathered together the house of Iuda and BenIamin (euen an hudreth and foure score thousande chosen men of armes) to fyghte agaynst Israel, that they mighte brynge the kyngdome agayne vnto Roboam.

  • 1 Kgs 12:17
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    17As for Roboam, he raigned but ouer ye children of Israel, which dwelt in the cities of Iuda.

  • 2 Sam 5:13
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    13And Dauid toke yet mo wyues and concubynes at Ierusalem, after he was come from Hebron, and there were yet mo sonnes & doughters borne vnto him.

  • Ezra 10:44
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    44All these had taken straunge wyues. And amonge the same wyues there were some, that had borne children.

  • 1 Chr 14:3
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    3And Dauid toke yet mo wyues at Ierusalem, & begat yet mo sonnes & doughters.

  • 2 Chr 12:16
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    16And Roboam fell on slepe with his fathers and was buryed in the cite of Dauid, & Abia his sonne was kynge in his steade.

  • Jer 29:6
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    6take you wyues, to beare you sonnes and doughters: prouyde wyues for youre sonnes, & hu?bondes for youre doughters: that they maye get sonnes & doughters, and that ye maye multiplie there. Laboure not to be fewe,

  • 1 Kgs 12:21
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    21And whan Roboam came to Ierusalem, all the house of Iuda and the trybe of Ben Iamin (euen an hundreth and foure score thousande chosen men of armes) gathered themselues together to fight against ye house of Israel, & to brynge the kyngdome agayne vnto Roboam ye sonne of Salomo.

  • 2 Chr 24:3
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    3And Ioiada gaue him two wiues, & he begat sonnes & doughters.

  • Deut 17:17
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    17He shall not haue many wyues also, that his hert be not turned awaye. Nether shal he gather him syluer and golde to moch.

  • 1 Kgs 12:23
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    23Speake thou to Roboam the sonne of Salomon kynge of Iuda, and to all ye house of Iuda and Ben Iamin, and to the other people, and saye:

  • 1 Kgs 11:1
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    1But kynge Salomon loued many outlandish wemen, Pharaos doughter, and wemen of Moab, of Ammo, of Edom, of Sidon, and of Heth,

  • Judg 12:9
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    9which had thirtie sonnes and as many doughters: and his thirtie doughters gaue he forth to mariage, and thirtie doughters toke he from without for his sonnes, and iudged Israel seuen yeare,

  • 2 Chr 11:3
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    3Speake to Roboam the sonne of Salomon kynge of Iuda, and to all Israel yt are in Iuda and BenIamin, and saye:

  • Judg 8:30
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    30And Gedeon Had thre score & ten sonnes, which were come out of his thye: for he had many wyues.

  • 2 Chr 32:29
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    29and buylded him cities, and had many catell of shepe and oxen: for God gaue him very moch good.

  • Judg 21:14
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    14So the children of BenIamin came agayne at the same tyme, and thy gaue them wemen which they had of the wemen of Iabes in Gilead, and founde no mo after that maner.

  • 2 Sam 20:3
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    3Whan Dauid came home to Ierusalem, he toke the ten concubynes ( whom he had lefte to kepe the house) and put them in a holde to be kepte, and made prouysion for them: but he laye not with them, and so were they shut vp vnto their death, and lyued wedowes.

  • 1 Kgs 14:21
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    21Roboam ye sonne of Salomon was kynge in Iuda. One and fortye yeare olde was Roboam wha he was made kynge, & seuentene yeare raigned he at Ierusalem, in the cite yt the LORDE had chosen out of all ye trybes of Israel, to set his name there. His mothers name was Naemaan Ammonitisse.

  • 1 Kgs 14:31
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    31And Robobam slepte with his fathers, & was buried wt his fathers in the cite of Dauid. And his mothers name was Naema an Ammonitisse. And his sonne Abia was kynge in his steade.

  • 2 Chr 17:2
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    2And he put men of warre in all the stronge cities of Iuda, and set officers in the londe of Iuda, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had wonne.

  • 1 Kgs 11:8
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    8Thus dyd Salomon for all his outladish wyues, which brent incense, and offred vnto their goddes.

  • 2 Sam 15:16
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    16And the kynge wente forth on fote wt all his housholde. But ten concubynes lefte he to kepe the house.

  • Neh 13:26
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  • 1 Chr 7:4
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    4And with them amonge their kynred in the house of their fathers there were ready harnessed men of warre to the battayll, sixe and thirtie thousande: for they had many wiues and children.

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    16And the Elders of the congregacio sayde: What wil we do, that the remnaunt maye haue wyues also? for the weme in Ben Iamin are destroied,

  • 2 Chr 21:17
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    17and they wente vp in to Iuda, and waysted it, and caried awaye all the substaunce that was founde in the kynges house, & his sonnes, and his wyues, so yt there was not one sonne lefte him, saue Ioahas his yogest sonne.

  • 2 Chr 12:12-13
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    12And for so moch as he submytted himselfe, ye wrath of ye LORDE turned fro him, so that all was not destroied: for there was yet some good in Iuda.

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  • Deut 21:15
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    15Yf a man haue two wyues, one that he loueth, and one that he hateth, and they beare him children, both the beloued and the hated,

  • 1 Kgs 12:1
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    1And Roboam wete vnto Sichem, for all Israel was come to Sichem to make him kynge.