2 Chronicles 11:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines (for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and begat twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters).

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  • Deut 17:17 : 17 Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply silver and gold for himself.
  • 2 Sam 3:2-5 : 2 And sons were born to David in Hebron; his firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelite. 3 And his second, Chileab, by 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, by Eglah, David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
  • 2 Sam 5:13 : 13 And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he came from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were 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, who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess. 2 The third, Absalom the son of Maachah, 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 These six were born to him in Hebron, where he reigned seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem, he reigned thirty-three years. 5 And these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four by Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel. 6 Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, 7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. 9 These were all the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.
  • 2 Chr 11:23 : 23 He acted wisely and dispersed of all his children throughout all the territories of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city, and he gave them provisions in abundance. And he desired many wives.
  • Song 6:8-9 : 8 There are sixty queens, and eighty 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 who bore her. The daughters saw her and blessed her; yes, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
  • Judg 8:30 : 30 And Gideon had seventy sons born to him: 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 for three years, because three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.

    18And Rehoboam took Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David as a wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse.

    19She bore him children: Jeush, Shamariah, and Zaham.

    20After her, he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom, who bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

  • 2 Chr 13:21
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    21But Abijah became mighty, and married fourteen wives, and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

  • 2 Chr 11:22-23
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    22Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.

    23He acted wisely and dispersed of all his children throughout all the territories of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city, and he gave them provisions in abundance. And he desired many wives.

  • 1 Kgs 11:1-4
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    1But King Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites.

    2Of the nations concerning which the LORD had said to the children of Israel, You shall not go to them, nor shall they come to you: for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods: Solomon clung to 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 his heart after other gods, and his heart was not perfect with the LORD 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 bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

  • 1 Kgs 15:1-2
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    1In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah.

    2He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

  • 1 Chr 14:3
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    3And David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David fathered more sons and daughters.

  • 2 Sam 5:13
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    13And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he came from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to David.

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

  • Song 6:8
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    8There are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and virgins without number.

  • 1 Kgs 15:10
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    10He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

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

  • 1 Chr 3:2-3
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    2The third, Absalom the son of Maachah, 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 seventy sons born to him: for he had many wives.

  • 2 Sam 16:21-22
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    21And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that you are abhorred by your father: then shall the hands of all who are with you be strong.

    22So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in to 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-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put His name there. And his mother's name was Naamah, an 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 the daughter of Ahab was his wife, and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 24:3
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    3And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he had sons and daughters.

  • 1 Chr 3:9-10
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    9These were all the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.

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

  • 1 Chr 2:48
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    48Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

  • Deut 21:15
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    15If a man has two wives, one beloved and another hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son is 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 place.

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

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

  • 2 Sam 20:3
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    3And David returned to his house in Jerusalem, and the king took the ten concubines whom he had left to keep the house and put them in confinement. He provided for them but did not go in to them. So they were shut up until the day of their death, living as widows.

  • 1 Kgs 12:21
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    21And when Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah with the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom back to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

  • 2 Sam 14:27
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    27And to Absalom were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a beautiful appearance.

  • 1 Chr 9:35
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    35In Gibeon lived the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maachah.

  • 2 Chr 11:1
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    1When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he gathered from the house of Judah and Benjamin one hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom back to Rehoboam.

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

  • Deut 17:17
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    17Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply silver and gold for himself.

  • 1 Kgs 11:8
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    8And likewise he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.

  • 2 Sam 3:3
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    3And his second, Chileab, by 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.