2 Chronicles 11:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    He was wise in distributing his sons throughout all the regions of Judah and Benjamin, to all the fortified cities. He provided them with abundant provisions and secured many wives for them.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fortified city: and he gave them victuals in abundance. And he sought [for them] many wives.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.

  • 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.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    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.

  • 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.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city: and he gave them food in abundance. He sought [for them] many wives.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And he hath understanding, and spreadeth out of all his sons to all lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all cities of the bulwarks, and giveth to them provision in abundance; and he asketh a multitude of wives.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fortified city: and he gave them victuals in abundance. And he sought `for them' many wives.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fortified city: and he gave them victuals in abundance. And he sought [for them] many wives.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And in his wisdom he had his sons stationed in every walled town through all the lands of Judah and Benjamin; and he gave them a great store of food, and took wives for them.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city: and he gave them food in abundance. He sought [for them] many wives.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    He wisely placed some of his many sons throughout the regions of Judah and Benjamin in the various fortified cities. He supplied them with abundant provisions and acquired many wives for them.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 25:6 : 6 But to the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts and sent them away from his son Isaac, while he yet lived, eastward, to the east country.
  • 1 Kgs 1:5-6 : 5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king; and he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. 6 And his father had not rebuked him at any time by saying, Why have you done so? And he also was a very handsome man; and his mother bore him after Absalom.
  • 2 Chr 10:8-9 : 8 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, who stood before him. 9 And he said to them, What advice do you give that we may return an answer to this people who have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that your father did put upon us? 10 And the young men that were brought up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shall you answer the people who spoke to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it somewhat lighter for us; thus shall you say to them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. 11 For my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had said, Come again to me on the third day. 13 And the king answered them roughly, and King Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men. 14 And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 15 So the king did not listen to the people, for the cause was of God, that the LORD might fulfill his word, which he spoke by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
  • 2 Chr 21:3 : 3 Their father gave them great gifts of silver, gold, and precious things, along with fortified cities in Judah, but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.
  • Luke 16:8 : 8 And the master commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

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    76%

    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.

    21Rehoboam 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).

    22Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.

  • 2 Chr 13:21
    74%

    21But Abijah became mighty, and married fourteen wives, and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

  • 1 Kgs 11:3-4
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    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.

  • 2 Chr 11:5
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    5And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem and built cities for defense in Judah.

  • 2 Chr 11:11-13
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    11And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and provisions of food, oil, and wine.

    12In every city he put shields and spears, and made them exceedingly strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.

    13And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him from all their territories.

  • Judg 21:22-23
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    69%

    22And it shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to us to complain, that we will say to them, Be kind to them for our sakes, because we did not reserve each man his wife in the war; for you did not give them to them at this time, so you would not be guilty.

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  • 2 Chr 10:17
    69%

    17But as for the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

  • 2 Chr 11:1
    68%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 12:17
    68%

    17But as for the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

  • 2 Sam 5:13
    68%

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

  • Ezra 10:44
    68%

    44All these had taken foreign wives, and some of them had wives by whom they had children.

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    67%

    3And David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David fathered more sons and daughters.

  • 2 Chr 12:16
    67%

    16And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David; and Abijah his son reigned in his place.

  • Jer 29:6
    67%

    6Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may have sons and daughters; that you may increase there and not diminish.

  • 1 Kgs 12:21
    67%

    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 Chr 24:3
    67%

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  • Deut 17:17
    67%

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

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    67%

    23Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 11:1
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  • Judg 12:9
    67%

    9And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and brought in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.

  • 2 Chr 11:3
    67%

    3Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

  • Judg 8:30
    66%

    30And Gideon had seventy sons born to him: for he had many wives.

  • 2 Chr 32:29
    66%

    29Moreover, he provided cities for himself, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance, for God had given him very much substance.

  • Judg 21:14
    66%

    14And Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them wives whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead; and yet they did not suffice for them.

  • 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 14:21
    66%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 14:31
    65%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 17:2
    65%

    2And he placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

  • 1 Kgs 11:8
    65%

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

  • 2 Sam 15:16
    65%

    16And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house.

  • Neh 13:26
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  • 1 Chr 7:4
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    4And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were groups of soldiers for war, thirty-six thousand men: for they had many wives and sons.

  • Judg 21:16
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    16Then the elders of the congregation said, What shall we do for wives for those who remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

  • 2 Chr 21:17
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  • 2 Chr 12:12-13
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    12And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him completely; and also conditions improved in Judah.

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