2 Chronicles 11:21

Geneva Bible (1560)

And Rehoboam loued Maakah ye daughter of Absalom aboue all his wiues and his concubines: for he tooke eighteene wiues, and three score concubines, and begate eyght and twentie sonnes, and three score daughters.

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  • Deut 17:17 : 17 Neither shall hee take him many wiues, lest his heart turne away, neither shal he gather him much siluer and golde.
  • 2 Sam 3:2-5 : 2 And vnto Dauid were children borne in Hebron: and his eldest sonne was Amnon of Ahinoam the Izreelite, 3 And his seconde, was Chileab of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite: and the third, Absalom the sonne of Maacah the daughter of Talmai the King of Geshur, 4 And the fourth, Adoniiah the sonne of Haggith, and the fifth, Shephatiah the sonne of Abital, 5 And the sixt, Ithream by Eglah Dauids wife: these were borne to Dauid in Hebron.
  • 2 Sam 5:13 : 13 And Dauid tooke him mo concubines & wiues out of Ierusalem, after hee was come from Hebron, & mo sonnes and daughters were borne to Dauid.
  • 1 Kgs 11:3 : 3 And he had seuen hundreth wiues, that were princesses, and three hundreth concubines, and his wiues turned away his heart.
  • 1 Chr 3:1-9 : 1 These also were the sonnes of Dauid which were borne vnto him in Hebron: the eldest Amnon of Ahinoam, the Izraelitesse: the seconde Daniel of Abigail the Carmelitesse: 2 The third Absalom the sonne of Maachah daughter of Talmai King of Geshur: the fourth Adoniiah the sonne of Haggith: 3 The fift Shepatiah of Abital: ye sixt Ithream by Eglah his wife. 4 These sixe were borne vnto him in Hebron: and there hee reigned seuen yeere and sixe moneths: and in Ierusalem he reigned three & thirtie yeere. 5 And these foure were borne vnto him in Ierusalem, Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Salomon of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel: 6 Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphalet, 7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Iaphia, 8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine in nomber. 9 These are all the sonnes of Dauid, besides the sonnes of the concubines, and Thamar their sister.
  • 2 Chr 11:23 : 23 And he taught him: and dispersed all his sonnes throughout all the countreis of Iudah and Beniamin vnto euery strong citie: and hee gaue them aboundance of vitaile, and desired many wiues.
  • Song 6:8-9 : 8 There are threescore Queenes and fourescore concubines & of the damsels without nober. 9 But my doue is alone, and my vndefiled, she is the onely daughter of her mother, and shee is deare to her that bare her: the daughters haue seene her & counted her blessed: euen the Queenes and the concubines, and they haue praised her.
  • Judg 8:30 : 30 And Gideon had seuentie sonnes begotten of his body: for he had many wiues.

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  • 2 Chr 11:17-20
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    84%

    17 So they strengthened the kingdome of Iudah, and made Rehoboam the sonne of Salomon mightie, three yeere long: for three yeere they walked in in the way of Dauid and Salomon.

    18 And Rehoboam tooke him Mahalath ye daughter of Ierimoth the sonne of Dauid to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the sonne of Ishai,

    19 Which bare him sonnes Ieush, and Shemariah, and Zaham.

    20 And after her he tooke Maakah ye daughter of Absalom which bare him Abiiah, and Atthai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

  • 2 Chr 13:21
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    21 So Abiiah waxed mightie, and marryed foureteene wiues, and begate two and twentie sonnes, and sixteene daughters.

  • 2 Chr 11:22-23
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    22 And Rehoboam made Abiiah the sonne of Maakah the chiefe ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him King.

    23 And he taught him: and dispersed all his sonnes throughout all the countreis of Iudah and Beniamin vnto euery strong citie: and hee gaue them aboundance of vitaile, and desired many wiues.

  • 1 Kgs 11:1-4
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    1 Bvt King Salomon loued many outlandish women: both the daughter of Pharaoh, and the women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Zidon and Heth,

    2 Of the nations, whereof the Lord had sayd vnto the children of Israel, Goe not ye in to them, nor let them come in to you: for surely they will turne your hearts after their gods, to them, I say, did Salomon ioyne in loue.

    3 And he had seuen hundreth wiues, that were princesses, and three hundreth concubines, and his wiues turned away his heart.

    4 For when Salomon was olde, his wiues turned his heart after other gods, so that his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of Dauid his father.

  • Gen 22:24
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    24 And his concubine called Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gahan, and Thahash and Maachah.

  • 1 Kgs 15:1-2
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    1 And in the eighteene yere of King Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, reigned Abiiam ouer Iudah.

    2 Three yeere reigned hee in Ierusalem, and his mothers name was Maachah the daughter of Abishalom.

  • 1 Chr 14:3
    70%

    3 Also Dauid tooke moe wiues at Ierusalem, and Dauid begate moe sonnes and daughters.

  • 2 Sam 5:13
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    13 And Dauid tooke him mo concubines & wiues out of Ierusalem, after hee was come from Hebron, & mo sonnes and daughters were borne to Dauid.

  • 1 Kgs 14:21
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    21 Also Rehoboam the sonne of Salomon reigned in Iudah. Rehoboam was one and fourtie yere olde, when he began to reigne, & reigned seuenteene yere in Ierusalem, the citie which the Lord did chuse out of al the tribes of Israel, to put his Name there: and his mothers name was Naamah an Ammonite.

  • Song 6:8
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    8 There are threescore Queenes and fourescore concubines & of the damsels without nober.

  • 1 Kgs 15:10
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    10 He reigned in Ierusalem one and fourtie yeere, and his mothers name was Maachah the daughter of Abishalom.

  • 1 Kgs 14:31
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    31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the citie of Dauid: his mothers name was Naamah an Ammonite; Abiiam his sonne reigned in his stead.

  • 1 Chr 3:2-3
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    2 The third Absalom the sonne of Maachah daughter of Talmai King of Geshur: the fourth Adoniiah the sonne of Haggith:

    3 The fift Shepatiah of Abital: ye sixt Ithream by Eglah his wife.

  • Judg 8:30
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    30 And Gideon had seuentie sonnes begotten of his body: for he had many wiues.

  • 2 Sam 16:21-22
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    21 And Ahithophel said vnto Absalom, Goe in to thy fathers concubines, which he hath left to keepe the house: and when all Israel shall heare, that thou art abhorred of thy father, the hands of all that are with thee, shall be strong.

    22 So they spread Absalom a tent vpon the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his fathers concubines in the sight of all Israel.

  • 2 Chr 12:13
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    13 So King Rehoboam was strong in Ierusalem and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and fourtie yere olde, when he began to reigne, and reigned seuenteene yeres in Ierusalem, the citie which the Lorde had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his Name there; his mothers name was Naamah an Ammonitesse.

  • 2 Kgs 8:18
    67%

    18 And hee walked in the wayes of the Kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife, and hee did euill in the sight of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 24:3
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    3 And Iehoiada tooke him two wiues, and he begate sonnes and daughters.

  • 1 Chr 3:9-10
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    9 These are all the sonnes of Dauid, besides the sonnes of the concubines, and Thamar their sister.

    10 And Salomons sonne was Rehoboam, whose sonne was Abiah, and Asa his sonne, and Iehoshaphat his sonne,

  • 1 Chr 2:48
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    48 Calebs concubine Maachah bare Sheber and Tirhanah.

  • Deut 21:15
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    15 If a man haue two wiues, one loued and another hated, and they haue borne him 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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    16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the citie of Dauid, and Abiiah his sonne reigned in his stead.

  • 1 Chr 7:15-16
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    15 And Machir tooke to wife the sister of Huppim & Shuppim, and the name of their sister was Maachah; the name of the second sonne was Zelophthad, and Zelophehad had daughters.

    16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a sonne, and called his name Peresh, and the name of his brother was Sheresh: and his sonnes were Vlam and Rakem.

  • 2 Sam 20:3
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    3 When Dauid then came to his house to Ierusalem, the King tooke the ten women his concubines, that hee had left behinde him to keepe the house, and put them in warde, and fed them, but lay no more with them: but they were enclosed vnto the day of their death, liuing in widowhode.

  • 1 Kgs 12:21
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    21 And when Rehoboam was come to Ierusalem, he gathered all the house of Iudah with the tribe of Beniamin an hundreth and foure score thousand 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 Salomon.

  • 2 Sam 14:27
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    27 And Absalom had three sonnes, and one daughter named Tamar, which was a fayre woman to looke vpon.

  • 1 Chr 9:35
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    35 And in Gibeon dwelt ye father of Gibeon, Ieiel, & the name of his wife was Maachah.

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

  • 2 Sam 19:5
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    5 Then Ioab came into the house to the King, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy seruants, which this day haue saued thy life & the liues of thy sones, & of thy daughters, and the liues of thy wiues, and the liues of thy concubines,

  • Deut 17:17
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    17 Neither shall hee take him many wiues, lest his heart turne away, neither shal he gather him much siluer and golde.

  • 1 Kgs 11:8
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    8 And so did he for all his outlandish wiues, which burnt incense and offered vnto their gods.

  • 2 Sam 3:3
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    3 And his seconde, was Chileab of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite: and the third, Absalom the sonne of Maacah the daughter of Talmai the King of Geshur,

  • Ezra 10:44
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    44 All these had taken strange wiues: and among them were women that had children.