Verse 21

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.

Referenced Verses

  • 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.