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I Kings 11:Verse 3

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

Ecclesiastes 7:282 Samuel 5:132 Samuel 5:16Ecclesiastes 7:282 Samuel 5:13
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What Does I Kings 11:3 Mean?

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"He has seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turn away his heart. The numbers are staggering: 1,000 women in So..."

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King James VersionPrimary
KJV

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

American Standard Version
ASV

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

American King James Version
AKJV

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

KJV with Apocrypha
KJVA

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

Bible in Basic English
BBE

He had seven hundred wives, daughters of kings, and three hundred other wives; and through his wives his heart was turned away.

Young's Literal Translation
YLT

And he hath women, princesses, seven hundred, and concubines three hundred; and his wives turn aside his heart.

New Heart English Bible
NHEB

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

NHEB Messianic Edition
NHEBME

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

NHEB Jehovah Edition
NHEBJE

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

Darby Translation
Darby

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

Webster Bible
Webster

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

Geneva Bible 1599
Geneva1599

And he had seuen hundreth wiues, that were princesses, and three hundreth concubines, and his wiues turned away his heart.

Douay-Rheims
DRC

And he had seven hundred wives as queens, and three hundred concubines: and the women turned away his heart.

Rotherham Bible
Rotherham

So it came to pass that he had seven hundred wives who were princesses, and three hundred concubines,—and, his wives, turned aside, his heart.

Literal Translation
LITV

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

Modern King James
MKJV

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

Updated King James
UKJV

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

Lexham English Bible
LEB

He had seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart.

Jewish Publication Society
JPS

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

Catholic Public Domain
CPDV

And for him, there were seven hundred wives, as if they were queens, and three hundred concubines. And the women turned aside his heart.

Berean Study Bible
BSB

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

Revised Webster
RWebster

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Wycliffe

And wyues as queenys weren seuene hundrid to hym, and thre hundrid secundarie wyues; and the wymmen turneden awey his herte.

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Ecclesiastes 7:282 Samuel 5:132 Samuel 5:16Ecclesiastes 7:282 Samuel 5:132 Samuel 5:162 Samuel 3:22 Samuel 3:5Judges 8:30Judges 8:31
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