2 Chronicles 11:21

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2 Chronicles 11:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible

19 She bore sons to him: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.

20 After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

21 Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

22 Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.

23 Rehoboam also acted wisely by dispersing some of his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions and sought many wives for them.

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2 Chronicles 11:23

Rehoboam also acted wisely by dispersing some of his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions and sought many wives for them.

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Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.

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his fourth was Adonijah, the son of Haggith; his fifth was Shephatiah, the son of Abital;

2 Samuel 3:5

and his sixth was Ithream, by David’s wife Eglah. These sons were born to David in Hebron.

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After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.

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He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.

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These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was Amnon by Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second was Daniel by Abigail of Carmel;

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1 Chronicles 3:3

the fifth was Shephatiah by Abital; and the sixth was Ithream by his wife Eglah.

1 Chronicles 3:4

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and these sons were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. These four were born to him by Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel.

1 Chronicles 3:6

David’s other sons were Ibhar, Elishua, Eliphelet,

1 Chronicles 3:7

Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,

1 Chronicles 3:8

Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet—nine in all.

1 Chronicles 3:9

These were all the sons of David, besides the sons by his concubines. And Tamar was their sister.

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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.