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1 Kings 11:3

And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

KJV

Fueruntque ei uxores quasi reginæ septingentæ, et concubinæ trecentæ : et averterunt mulieres cor ejus.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐγενήθη ἐν καιρῷ γήρους Σαλωμὼν καὶ οὐκ ἦν ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ τελεία μετὰ Κυρίου θεοῦ αὐτοῦ καθὼς ἡ καρδία Δαυεὶδ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ·

LXX

And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

ASV

וַ/יְהִי ל֣/וֹ נָשִׁ֗ים שָׂרוֹת֙ שְׁבַ֣ע מֵא֔וֹת וּ/פִֽלַגְשִׁ֖ים שְׁלֹ֣שׁ מֵא֑וֹת וַ/יַּטּ֥וּ נָשָׁ֖י/ו אֶת לִבּֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
וֹ
v
noun · 37×
י
y
noun · 591×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
מֵא֖וֹת
m'vt
adjective · 581×
נָטִ֤יתִי
ntyty
verb · 216×
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת
shlsht
adjective · 429×
שִׁבְעַ֥ת
shb't
adjective · 393×
שָׂרוֹת֙
shrvt
noun · 5×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 11:21 — And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daugh
  • 2Sam 5:13 — And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
  • Eccl 7:28 — Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
  • Judg 8:30 — And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
  • Song 6:8 — There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.