the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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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 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.
Among his wives were seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
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
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
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
Cross-References
and seiden, Come ye, and make we to vs a citee and tour, whos hiynesse stretche `til to heuene; and make we solempne oure name bifor that we be departid in to alle londis.
And he seide, Lo! the puple is oon, and o langage is to alle, and thei han bigunne to make this, nethir thei schulen ceesse of her thouytis, til thei fillen tho in werk; therfor come ye, go we doun,
and scheende we there the tunge of hem, that ech man here not the voys of his neiybore.
Also Falech lyuede thretti yeer, and gendride Reu;
Forsothe the valey of the wode hadde many pittis of pitche; and so the kyng of Sodom and the kyng of Gomorre turneden the backis, and felden doun there; and thei that leften fledden to the hil.
and brouyten her lijf to bitternesse bi hard werkis of cley and to tijl stoon, and bi al seruage, bi which thei weren oppressid in the werkis of erthe.
And whanne sche myyte not hele, thanne sche took a `leep of segge, and bawmede it with tar and pitch, and puttide the yong child with ynne, and puttide hym forth in a `place of spier of the brenke of the flood,
Also he ledde forth the puple therof, and sawide, and `dide aboute hem `yrun instrumentis of turment, and departide with knyues, and `ledde ouer bi the licnesse of tijl stoonus; so he dide to alle the citees of the sones of Amon. And Dauid turnede ayen, and al his oost, in to Jerusalem.
Sodeynli thei schulen schete hym, and thei schulen not drede; thei maden stidefast to hem silf a wickid word. Thei telden, that thei schulden hide snaris; thei seiden, Who schal se hem?
If thei seien, Come thou with vs, sette we aspies to blood, hide we snaris of disseitis ayens an innocent without cause;
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.
