Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray. New Living Translation He had 700 wives of royal birth and 300 concubines. And in fact, they did turn his heart away from the LORD. English Standard Version He had 700 wives, who were princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart. Berean Standard Bible He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away. King James Bible And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. New King James Version And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart. New American Standard Bible He had seven hundred wives, who were princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned his heart away. NASB 1995 He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away. NASB 1977 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away. Legacy Standard Bible And he had 700 wives—princesses—and 300 concubines, and his wives turned his heart away. Amplified Bible He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away [from God]. Christian Standard Bible He had seven hundred wives who were princesses and three hundred who were concubines, and they turned his heart away. Holman Christian Standard Bible He had 700 wives who were princesses and 300 concubines, and they turned his heart away from the LORD. American Standard Version And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart. English Revised Version And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. GOD'S WORD® Translation He had 700 wives who were princesses and 300 wives who were concubines. Good News Translation Solomon married seven hundred princesses and also had three hundred concubines. They made him turn away from God, International Standard Version He had 700 princess wives and 300 mistresses who turned his heart away from the LORD, Majority Standard Bible He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away. NET Bible He had 700 royal wives and 300 concubines; his wives had a powerful influence over him. New Heart English Bible He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred secondary wives; and his wives turned away his heart. Webster's Bible Translation And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. World English Bible He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines. His wives turned his heart away. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd he has seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turn aside his heart. Young's Literal Translation And he hath women, princesses, seven hundred, and concubines three hundred; and his wives turn aside his heart. Smith's Literal Translation And there will be to him seven hundred chief wives, and three hundred concubines: and his wives will turn his heart. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd he had seven hundred wives as queens, and three hundred concubines: and the women turned away his heart. Catholic Public Domain Version And for him, there were seven hundred wives, as if they were queens, and three hundred concubines. And the women turned aside his heart. New American Bible He had as wives seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines, and they turned his heart. New Revised Standard Version Among his wives were seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And he had seven hundred wives, free women, and three hundred Concubines, and his wives seduced his heart. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And 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 the strange women turned away his heart after their gods. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Solomon's Foreign Wives…2These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. 3He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines— and his wives turned his heart away. 4For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.… Cross References Deuteronomy 17:17 He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold. Nehemiah 13:26 Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin. 2 Samuel 5:13 After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him. 1 Kings 3:1 Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem. 1 Kings 9:24 As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the supporting terraces. 1 Kings 10:14-29 The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents, / not including the revenue from the merchants, traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land. / King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. ... 2 Chronicles 9:25 Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. Ecclesiastes 7:26 And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared. Proverbs 5:3-4 Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil, / in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword. Proverbs 6:24-26 to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress. / Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes. / For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life. Proverbs 7:25-27 Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths. / For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number. / Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death. Matthew 6:24 No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. Matthew 19:4-6 Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ / and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? / So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.” Mark 10:6-9 However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ / ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, / and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. ... Luke 16:13 No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” Treasury of Scripture And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. seven hundred Judges 8:30,31 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives… Judges 9:5 And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself. 2 Samuel 3:2-5 And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; … Jump to Previous Astray Birth Concubines Daughters Heart Hundred Kings Led Princesses Royal Seven Three Turn Turned Wives WomenJump to Next Astray Birth Concubines Daughters Heart Hundred Kings Led Princesses Royal Seven Three Turn Turned Wives Women1 Kings 11 1. Solomon's wives and concubines4. In his old age they draw him to idolatry 9. God threatens him, 14. Solomon's adversaries were Hadad, who was entertained in Egypt 23. Rezon, who reigned in Damascus 26. And Jeroboam, to whom Ahijah prophesied 41. Solomon's acts, reign, and death. Rehoboam succeeds him He had This phrase indicates possession and responsibility. In the context of ancient Israel, kings often had multiple wives to secure political alliances and demonstrate wealth and power. The Hebrew root here, "hayah," implies existence and continuity, suggesting that Solomon's actions were not momentary lapses but a sustained lifestyle choice. seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines and his wives turned his heart away Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He hadוַיְהִי־ (way·hî-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be seven שְׁבַ֣ע (šə·ḇa‘) Number - feminine singular construct Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number hundred מֵא֔וֹת (mê·’ō·wṯ) Number - feminine plural Strong's 3967: A hundred wives נָשִׁ֗ים (nā·šîm) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female of royal birth שָׂרוֹת֙ (śā·rō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 8282: A mistress, female noble and three שְׁלֹ֣שׁ (šə·lōš) Number - feminine singular construct Strong's 7969: Three, third, thrice hundred מֵא֑וֹת (mê·’ō·wṯ) Number - feminine plural Strong's 3967: A hundred concubines— וּפִֽלַגְשִׁ֖ים (ū·p̄i·laḡ·šîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 6370: A concubine, a paramour and his wives נָשָׁ֖יו (nā·šāw) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female turned his heart לִבּֽוֹ׃ (lib·bōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre away. וַיַּטּ֥וּ (way·yaṭ·ṭū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend Links 1 Kings 11:3 NIV1 Kings 11:3 NLT 1 Kings 11:3 ESV 1 Kings 11:3 NASB 1 Kings 11:3 KJV 1 Kings 11:3 BibleApps.com 1 Kings 11:3 Biblia Paralela 1 Kings 11:3 Chinese Bible 1 Kings 11:3 French Bible 1 Kings 11:3 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Kings 11:3 He had seven hundred wives princesses (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) |