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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he had seven hundred wives, free women, and three hundred Concubines, and his wives seduced his heart.And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines. And the strange women turned away his heart after their gods. Douay-Rheims Bible And he had seven hundred wives as queens, and three hundred concubines: and the women 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, JPS Tanakh 1917 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart. Literal Standard Version And he has seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turn aside his heart. Majority Standard Bible He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away. New American Bible He had as wives seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines, and they turned his heart. NET Bible He had 700 royal wives and 300 concubines; his wives had a powerful influence over him. New Revised Standard Version Among his wives were seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart. 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. Young's Literal Translation And he hath women, princesses, seven hundred, and concubines three hundred; and his wives turn aside his heart. 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. 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. Ecclesiastes 7:28 While my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I have found one upright man, but among all these I have not found one such woman. Song of Solomon 6:8 There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number, Song of Solomon 6:9 but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the favorite of the mother who bore her. The maidens see her and call her blessed; the queens and concubines sing her praises. 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 (3) Seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines.--The harem of an Eastern king is simply an adjunct of his magnificence, and the relation of the wives to him little more than nominal. (Comp. Esther 2:14.) Nor does the statement here made necessarily imply that at any one time the whole number existed. Still, the numbers here given, though found also in the LXX. and in Josephus, are not only extraordinarily large, but excessive in comparison with the "three- score queens and fourscore concubines" of Song of Solomon 6:8, and disproportionate in the relative number of the superior and inferior wives. It is possible that, in relation to the former, at any rate, the text may be corrupt, though the corruption must be of ancient date.Verse 3. - And he had seven hundred wives, princesses [These may have been members of royal or princely houses of neighbouring nations. Evidently they enjoyed a distinguished rank], and three hundred concubines [Though not committed to a defence of the accuracy of the figures 700 and 300 (which are clearly round numbers), it must be said that the reasons alleged for reducing them (as from 700 to 70) are not of much weight. It is hardly correct, e.g., to say (as Rawlinson) that the numbers are given in Song of Solomon 6:8 as "threescore queens and fourscore concubines," for it is obvious that too much importance must not be attached to an obiter statement ("there are threescore," etc.) in a poetical book, too, and one descriptive of Solomon's youth. The view of Ewald and Keil, again, that these numbers represent the sum total of the inmates of the harem at different periods of Solomon's long reign, rather than the number present at any one time - they would see in the numbers of Song of Solomon l.c. a statement of the average strength of the seraglio - though not to be described as evasive, is certainly not the natural interpretation of the words. And these numbers, when we compare them with the establishments of other Eastern potentates, are not found to be at all incredible. The commentators all remind us that Dareius Codomannus, e.g., took with him on his expedition against Alexander 360 pellices. Or if ancient history, as Rawlinson affirms, furnishes no strict parallel to these figures, the harems of modern Persia and Turkey at any rate have quite equalled that of Solomon. (See Bahr in loc.) It is true that Rehoboam had only 18 wives and 60 concubines (2 Chronicles 11:21), but then Rehoboam was not Solomon. If his harem was but a tithe of his father's, so also were his wealth and his power]: and his wives turned away his heart. ["Satan hath found this bait to take so well that he never changed since he crept into Paradise" (Bp. Hall).] 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) |
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