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1 Kings 11:3
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KJ21
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
ASV
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
AMP
He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away [from God].
AMPC
He had 700 wives, princesses, and 300 concubines, and his wives turned away his heart from God.
BRG
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
CSB
He had seven hundred wives who were princesses and three hundred who were concubines, and they turned his heart away.
CSBA
He had seven hundred wives who were princesses and three hundred who were concubines, and they turned his heart away.
CEB
He had seven hundred royal wives and three hundred secondary wives. They turned his heart.
CJB
He had 700 wives, all princesses, and 300 concubines; and his wives turned his heart away.
CEV
Seven hundred of his wives were daughters of kings, but he also married 300 other women. As Solomon got older, some of his wives led him to worship their gods. He wasn't like his father David, who had worshiped only the Lord God.
DARBY
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
DRA
And he had seven hundred wives as queens, and three hundred concubines: and the women turned away his heart.
ERV
He had 700 wives who were the daughters of leaders from other nations. He also had 300 slave women who were like wives to him. His wives caused him to turn away from God.
EASY
Solomon had 700 royal wives. He also had 300 slave wives. His wives caused him to turn away from the Lord.
EHV
He had seven hundred wives who held the rank of princess and three hundred concubines. So they turned his heart away.
ESV
He had 700 wives, who were princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart.
ESVUK
He had 700 wives, princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart.
EXB
He had seven hundred wives who were from royal families and three hundred ·slave women who gave birth to his children [concubines; C a secondary wife of lower status than a primary wife, but higher than a common servant]. His wives ·caused him to turn away from God [led him astray; L turned his heart away].
GNV
And he had seven hundred wives, that were princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned away his heart.
GW
He had 700 wives who were princesses and 300 wives who were concubines.
GNT
Solomon married seven hundred princesses and also had three hundred concubines. They made him turn away from God,
HCSB
He had 700 wives who were princesses and 300 concubines, and they turned his heart away from the Lord.
ICB
He had 700 wives who were from royal families. He also had 300 slave women who gave birth to his children. His wives caused him to turn away from God.
ISV
He had 700 princess wives and 300 mistresses who turned his heart away from the Lord,
JUB
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
KJV
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
AKJV
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
LSB
And he had 700 wives—princesses—and 300 concubines, and his wives turned his heart away.
LEB
He had seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart.
TLB
He had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines; and sure enough, they turned his heart away from the Lord,
MSG
King Solomon was obsessed with women. Pharaoh’s daughter was only the first of the many foreign women he loved—Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite. He took them from the surrounding pagan nations of which God had clearly warned Israel, “You must not marry them; they’ll seduce you into infatuations with their gods.” Solomon fell in love with them anyway, refusing to give them up. He had seven hundred royal wives and three hundred concubines—a thousand women in all! And they did seduce him away from God. As Solomon grew older, his wives beguiled him with their alien gods and he became unfaithful—he didn’t stay true to his God as his father David had done. Solomon took up with Ashtoreth, the whore goddess of the Sidonians, and Molech, the horrible god of the Ammonites.
MEV
He had seven hundred wives who were princesses and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away.
NOG
He had 700 wives who were princesses and 300 wives who were concubines.
NABRE
He had as wives seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines, and they turned his heart.
NASB
He had seven hundred wives, who were princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned his heart away.
NASB1995
He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away.
NCB
He had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines, and his wives perverted his heart.
NCV
He had seven hundred wives who were from royal families and three hundred slave women who gave birth to his children. His wives caused him to turn away from God.
NET
He had 700 royal wives and 300 concubines; his wives had a powerful influence over him.
NIRV
He had 700 wives who came from royal families. And he had 300 concubines. His wives led him astray.
NIV
He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray.
NIVUK
He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray.
NKJV
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
NLV
He had 700 wives, kings’ daughters, and 300 women who acted as his wives. And his wives turned his heart away.
NLT
He had 700 wives of royal birth and 300 concubines. And in fact, they did turn his heart away from the Lord.
NRSVA
Among his wives were seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
NRSVACE
Among his wives were seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
NRSVCE
Among his wives were seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
NRSVUE
Among his wives were seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned away his heart.
OJB
And he had nashim sarot sheva me’ot (seven hundred royal wives), and three hundred pilagshim; and his nashim inclined libo (his heart).
RGT
And he had seven hundred wives (princesses) and three hundred concubines. And his wives perverted his heart.
RSV
He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
RSVCE
He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
TLV
So he had 700 wives as princesses and 300 concubines—and his women led his heart astray.
VOICE
He had 700 royal wives, as well as 300 mistresses. And his wives and mistresses seduced his heart away from God.
WEB
He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines. His wives turned his heart away.
WYC
And wives as queens were seven hundred to him, and three hundred secondary wives; and the women turned away his heart.
YLT
And he hath women, princesses, seven hundred, and concubines three hundred; and his wives turn aside his heart.
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