2 Chronicles 11:23

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.

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  • Gen 25:6 : 6 and to the sons of the concubines whom Abraham hath, Abraham hath given gifts, and sendeth them away from Isaac his son (in his being yet alive) eastward, unto the east country.
  • 1 Kgs 1:5-6 : 5 And Adonijah son of Haggith is lifting himself up, saying, `I do reign;' and he prepareth for himself a chariot and horsemen, and fifty men running before him, 6 and his father hath not grieved him `all' his days, saying, `Wherefore thus hast thou done?' and he also `is' of a very good form, and `his mother' bare him after Absalom.
  • 2 Chr 10:8-9 : 8 And he forsaketh the counsel of the aged men that they counselled him, and consulteth with the lads who have grown up with him, those standing before him, 9 and he saith unto them, `What are ye counselling, and we answer this people that have spoken unto me, saying, Make light `somewhat' of the yoke that thy father put upon us?' 10 And the lads who have grown up with him, speak with him, saying, `Thus dost thou say to the people who have spoken unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and thou, make light `somewhat' of our yoke; thus dost thou say unto them, My little finger is thicker than the loins of my father; 11 and now, my father laid on you a heavy yoke, and I -- I add unto your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, and I -- with scorpions.' 12 And Jeroboam cometh in, and all the people, unto Rehoboam on the third day, as the king spake, saying, `Return unto me on the third day.' 13 And the king answereth them sharply, and king Rehoboam forsaketh the counsel of the aged men, 14 and speaketh unto them according to the counsel of the lads, saying, `My father made your yoke heavy, and I -- I add unto it; my father chastised you with whips, and I -- with scorpions.' 15 And the king hath not hearkened unto the people, for the revolution hath been from God, for the sake of Jehovah's establishing His word that He spake by the hand of Abijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam son of Nebat.
  • 2 Chr 21:3 : 3 and their father giveth to them many gifts of silver and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah, and the kingdom he hath given to Jehoram, for He `is' the first-born.
  • Luke 16:8 : 8 `And the lord commended the unrighteous steward that he did prudently, because the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of the light, in respect to their generation.

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  • 2 Chr 11:17-22
    6 verses
    76%

    17And they strengthen the kingdom of Judah, and strengthen Rehoboam son of Solomon, for three years, because they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years.

    18And Rehoboam taketh to him a wife, Mahalath, child of Jerimoth son of David, `and' Abigail daughter of Eliab, son of Jesse.

    19And she beareth to him sons, Jeush, and Shamaria, and Zaham.

    20And after her he hath taken Maachah daughter of Absalom, and she beareth to him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

    21And Rehoboam loveth Maachah daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines -- for eighteen wives he hath taken, and sixty concubines -- and he begetteth twenty and eight sons, and sixty daughters.

    22And Rehoboam appointeth for head Abijah son of Maachah, for leader among his brethren, for to cause him to reign.

  • 2 Chr 13:21
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    21And Abijah strengtheneth himself, and taketh to him fourteen wives, and begetteth twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters,

  • 1 Kgs 11:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3And he hath women, princesses, seven hundred, and concubines three hundred; and his wives turn aside his heart.

    4And it cometh to pass, at the time of the old age of Solomon, his wives have turned aside his heart after other gods, and his heart hath not been perfect with Jehovah his God, like the heart of David his father.

  • 2 Chr 11:5
    71%

    5And Rehoboam dwelleth in Jerusalem, and buildeth cities for a bulwark in Judah,

  • 2 Chr 11:11-13
    3 verses
    70%

    11And he strengtheneth the bulwarks, and putteth in them leaders, and treasures of food, and oil, and wine,

    12and in every city and city targets and spears, and strengtheneth them very greatly; and he hath Judah and Benjamin.

    13And the priests, and the Levites, that `are' in all Israel, have stationed themselves by him, out of all their border,

  • Judg 21:22-23
    2 verses
    69%

    22and it hath been, when their fathers or their brethren come in to plead unto us, that we have said unto them, Favour us `by' them, for we have not taken `to' each his wife in battle, for ye -- ye have not given to them at this time `that' ye are guilty.'

    23And the sons of Benjamin do so, and take women according to their number, out of the dancers whom they have taken violently away; and they go, and turn back unto their inheritance, and build the cities, and dwell in them.

  • 2 Chr 10:17
    69%

    17As to the sons of Israel who are dwelling in the cities of Judah -- Rehoboam reigneth over them.

  • 2 Chr 11:1
    68%

    1And Rehoboam cometh in to Jerusalem, and assembleth the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors, to fight with Israel, to bring back the kingdom to Rehoboam.

  • 1 Kgs 12:17
    68%

    17As to the sons of Israel, those dwelling in the cities of Judah -- over them reign doth Rehoboam.

  • 2 Sam 5:13
    68%

    13And David taketh again concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after his coming from Hebron, and there are born again to David sons and daughters.

  • Ezra 10:44
    68%

    44all these have taken strange women, and there are of them women -- who adopt sons.

  • 1 Chr 14:3
    67%

    3And David taketh again wives in Jerusalem, and David begetteth again sons and daughters;

  • 2 Chr 12:16
    67%

    16and Rehoboam lieth with his fathers, and is buried in the city of David, and reign doth Abijah his son in his stead.

  • Jer 29:6
    67%

    6Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take for your sons wives, and your daughters give to husbands, and they bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and ye are not few;

  • 1 Kgs 12:21
    67%

    21And Rehoboam cometh to Jerusalem, and assembleth all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors, to fight with the house of Israel, to bring back the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 24:3
    67%

    3And Jehoiada taketh for him two wives, and he begetteth sons and daughters.

  • Deut 17:17
    67%

    17And he doth not multiply to himself wives, and his heart doth not turn aside, and silver and gold he doth not multiply to himself -- exceedingly.

  • 1 Kgs 12:23
    67%

    23`Speak unto Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest of the people, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 11:1
    67%

    1And king Solomon hath loved many strange women, and the daughter of Pharaoh, females of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Zidon, `and' of the Hittites,

  • Judg 12:9
    67%

    9and he hath thirty sons and thirty daughters, he hath sent without and thirty daughters hath brought in to his sons from without; and he judgeth Israel seven years.

  • 2 Chr 11:3
    67%

    3`Speak unto Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, and unto all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

  • Judg 8:30
    66%

    30and to Gideon there have been seventy sons, coming out of his loin, for he had many wives;

  • 2 Chr 32:29
    66%

    29and cities he hath made for himself, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance, for God hath given to him very much substance.

  • Judg 21:14
    66%

    14and Benjamin turneth back at that time, and they give to them the women whom they have kept alive of the women of Jabesh-Gilead, and they have not found for `all of' them so.

  • 2 Sam 20:3
    66%

    3And David cometh in unto his house at Jerusalem, and the king taketh the ten women-concubines -- whom he had left to keep the house, and putteth them in a house of ward, and sustaineth them, and unto them he hath not gone in, and they are shut up unto the day of their death, in widowhood living.

  • 1 Kgs 14:21
    66%

    21And Rehoboam son of Solomon hath reigned in Judah; a son of forty and one years `is' Rehoboam in his reigning, and seventeen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, the city that Jehovah chose to set His name there, out of all the tribes of Israel, and the name of his mother `is' Naamah the Ammonitess.

  • 1 Kgs 14:31
    65%

    31and Rehoboam lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers, in the city of David, and the name of his mother `is' Naamah the Ammonitess, and reign doth Abijam his son in his stead.

  • 2 Chr 17:2
    65%

    2and putteth a force in all the fenced cities of Judah, and putteth garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim that Asa his father had captured.

  • 1 Kgs 11:8
    65%

    8and so he hath done for all his strange women, who are perfuming and sacrificing to their gods.

  • 2 Sam 15:16
    65%

    16And the king goeth out, and all his household at his feet, and the king leaveth ten women -- concubines -- to keep the house.

  • Neh 13:26
    65%

    26`By these did not Solomon king of Israel sin? and among the many nations there was no king like him, and beloved by his God he was, and God maketh him king over all Israel -- even him did the strange women cause to sin.

  • 1 Chr 7:4
    65%

    4And beside them, by their generations, of the house of their fathers, `are' troops of the host of battle, thirty and six thousand, for they multiplied wives and sons;

  • Judg 21:16
    65%

    16And the elders of the company say, `What do we do to the remnant for wives -- for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin?'

  • 2 Chr 21:17
    65%

    17and they come up into Judah, and rend it, and take captive all the substance that is found at the house of the king, and also his sons, and his wives, and there hath not been left to him a son except Jehoahaz the youngest of his sons.

  • 2 Chr 12:12-13
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    65%

    12And in his being humbled, turned back from him hath the wrath of Jehovah, so as not to destroy to completion; and also, in Judah there have been good things.

    13And king Rehoboam strengtheneth himself in Jerusalem, and reigneth; for a son of forty and two years `is' Rehoboam in his reigning, and seventeen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, the city that Jehovah hath chosen to put His name there, out of all the tribes of Israel, and the name of his mother `is' Naamah the Ammonitess,

  • Deut 21:15
    64%

    15`When a man hath two wives, the one loved and the other hated, and they have borne to him sons (the loved one and the hated one), and the first-born son hath been to the hated one;

  • 1 Kgs 12:1
    64%

    1And Rehoboam goeth to Shechem, for to Shechem hath all Israel come to make him king.