2 Chronicles 11:23
And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.
KJV
quia sapientior fuit, et potentior super omnes filios ejus, et in cunctis finibus Juda et Benjamin, et in universis civitatibus muratis : præbuitque eis escas plurimas, et multas petivit uxores.
Vulgate
καὶ ηὐξήθη παρὰ πάντας τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς ὁρίοις Ἰούδα καὶ Βενιαμεὶν καὶ ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν ταῖς ὀχυραῖς, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐταῖς τροφὰς πλῆθος πολύ, καὶ ᾐτήσατο πλῆθος γυναικῶν.
LXX
And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fortified city: and he gave them victuals in abundance. And he sought for them many wives.
ASV
וַ/יָּבֶן֩ וַ/יִּפְרֹ֨ץ מִ/כָּל בָּנָ֜י/ו לְֽ/כָל אַרְצ֧וֹת יְהוּדָ֣ה וּ/בִנְיָמִ֗ן לְ/כֹל֙ עָרֵ֣י הַ/מְּצֻר֔וֹת וַ/יִּתֵּ֥ן לָ/הֶ֛ם הַ/מָּז֖וֹן לָ/רֹ֑ב וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֖ל הֲמ֥וֹן נָשִֽׁים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 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
- 2Chr 21:3 — And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.