the Week of Proper 17 / Ordinary 22
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1 Kings 11:3
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He had seven hundred wives who were princesses and three hundred who were concubines, and they turned his heart away.
He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
He had 700 wives, who were princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart.
He had seven hundred wives who were from royal families and three hundred slave women who gave birth to his children. His wives caused him to turn away from God.
He had 700 royal wives and 300 concubines; his wives had a powerful influence over him.
He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away [from God].
He had seven hundred wives, who were princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned his heart away.
And he had seuen hundreth wiues, that were princesses, and three hundreth concubines, and his wiues turned away his heart.
And he had 700 wives—princesses—and 300 concubines, and his wives turned his heart away.
Seven hundred of his wives were daughters of kings, but he also married three hundred other women. As Solomon got older, some of his wives led him to worship their gods. He wasn't like his father David, who had worshiped only the Lord God.
He had 700 wives, all princesses, and 300 concubines; and his wives turned his heart away.
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
He had 700 wives who were the daughters of leaders from other nations. He also had 300 slave women who were like wives to him. His wives caused him to turn away from God.
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
Solomon married seven hundred princesses and also had three hundred concubines. They made him turn away from God,
He had seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart.
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
And he had seuen hundreth wemen to wyues, and thre hundreth concubynes, and his wyues turned his hert asyde.
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
He had seven hundred wives, daughters of kings, and three hundred other wives; and through his wives his heart was turned away.
And he had seuen hundred queenes, and three hundred concubines: and his wyues turned away his heart.
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
And he had seuen hundred wiues, Princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wiues turned away his heart.
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines.
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines-and his wives turned his heart away.
And wyues as queenys weren seuene hundrid to hym, and thre hundrid secundarie wyues; and the wymmen turneden awey his herte.
And he hath women, princesses, seven hundred, and concubines three hundred; and his wives turn aside his heart.
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
He had 700 wives of royal birth and 300 concubines. And in fact, they did turn his heart away from the Lord .
He had 700 wives, kings' daughters, and 300 women who acted as his wives. And his wives turned his heart away.
So it came to pass that he had seven hundred wives who were princesses, and three hundred concubines, - and, his wives, turned aside, his heart.
And he had seven hundred wives as queens, and three hundred concubines: and the women turned away his heart.
He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away.
Contextual Overview
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seven hundred: Judges 8:30, Judges 8:31, Judges 9:5, 2 Samuel 3:2-5, 2 Samuel 5:13-16, 2 Chronicles 11:21, Ecclesiastes 7:28
Reciprocal: Genesis 16:3 - his Judges 19:1 - a concubine 1 Kings 11:9 - his heart 1 Chronicles 14:3 - took Esther 1:18 - the ladies Jeremiah 3:2 - unto
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Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth."
And the Lord said, "Look, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do; nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.
Come, let us go down, and confuse their language there, so that they will not understand one another's speech."
When Peleg had lived thirty years, he became the father of Reu;
Now the Valley of Siddim was full of bitumen pits; and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into them, and the rest fled to the hill country.
and made their lives bitter with hard service in mortar and brick and in every kind of field labor. They were ruthless in all the tasks that they imposed on them.
When she could hide him no longer she got a papyrus basket for him, and plastered it with bitumen and pitch; she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds on the bank of the river.
He brought out the people who were in it, and set them to work with saws and iron picks and iron axes, or sent them to the brickworks. Thus he did to all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
They hold fast to their evil purpose; they talk of laying snares secretly, thinking, "Who can see us?
If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us wantonly ambush the innocent;
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines,.... In all 1000, a prodigious number; though these might not be all for use, but for state after the manner of the eastern monarchs; these were a far greater number than are alluded to in Song of Solomon 6:8, unless the virgins without number there, were such of these as were not defiled by him; but the number here seems plainly referred to in Ecclesiastes 7:28,
and his wives turned away his heart; both from his duty to his God, and from attendance to his business as a king, especially the former, as follows.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
These numbers seem excessive to many critics, and it must be admitted that history furnishes no parallel to them. In Song of Solomon 6:8 the number of Solomon’s legitimate wives is said to be sixty, and that of his concubines eighty. It is, perhaps probable, that the text has in this place suffered corruption. For “700” we should perhaps read “70.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Kings 11:3. He had seven hundred wives, princesses — How he could get so many of the blood royal from the different surrounding nations, is astonishing; but probably the daughters of noblemen, generals, c., may be included.
And three hundred concubines — These were wives of the second rank, who were taken according to the usages of those times but their offspring could not inherit. Sarah was to Abraham what these seven hundred princesses were to Solomon; and the three hundred concubines stood in the same relation to the Israelitish king as Hagar and Keturah did to the patriarch.
Here then are one thousand wives to form this great bad man's harem! Was it possible that such a person could have any piety to God, who was absorbed by such a number of women? We scarcely allow a man to have the fear of God who has a second wife or mistress; in what state then must the man be who has one thousand of them? We may endeavour to excuse all this by saying, "It was a custom in the East to have a multitude of women, and that there were many of those whom Solomon probably never saw," c., c. But was there any of them whom he might not have seen? Was it for reasons of state, or merely court splendour, that he had so many? How then is it said that he loved many strange women? - that he clave to them in love? And did he not give them the utmost proofs of his attachment when he not only tolerated their iniquitous worship in the land, but built temples to their idols, and more, burnt incense to them himself? As we should not condemn what God justifies, so we should not justify what God condemns. He went after Ashtaroth, the impure Venus of the Sidonians after Milcom, the abomination of the Ammonites after Chemosh, the abomination of the Moabites; and after the murderous Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. He seems to have gone as far in iniquity as it was possible.
