Deuteronomy 17:17

17And he ashall not acquire many wives for himself, lest his heart turn away, bnor shall he acquire for himself excessive silver and gold.

Judges 8:30

30Now Gideon had cseventy sons, his own offspring,
Hebrew who came from his own loins
for he had many wives.

2 Samuel 3:2-5

2 eAnd sons were born to David at Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, of fAhinoam of Jezreel; 3and his second, Chileab, of gAbigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah hthe daughter of Talmai king of iGeshur; 4and the fourth, jAdonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; 5and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah, David’s wife. These were born to David in Hebron.

2 Samuel 5:13

13And David took more kconcubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to David.

1 Kings 11:3

3He had 700 wives, who were princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart.

1 Chronicles 3:1-9

Descendants of David

1 lThese are the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelite; the second, mDaniel, by Abigail the Carmelite, 2the third, Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith; 3the fifth, Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth, Ithream, by his wife Eglah; 4six were born to him in Hebron, nwhere he reigned for seven years and six months. oAnd he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem. 5 pThese were born to him in Jerusalem: qShimea, Shobab, Nathan and rSolomon, four by sBath-shua, the daughter of tAmmiel; 6then Ibhar, uElishama, Eliphelet, 7Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, 8Elishama, vEliada, and Eliphelet, nine. 9All these were David’s sons, besides the sons of the concubines, wand Tamar was their sister.

2 Chronicles 11:23

23And he dealt wisely and distributed some of his sons through all the districts of Judah and Benjamin, in all the fortified cities, and he gave them abundant provisions and procured wives for them.
Hebrew  and sought a multitude of wives


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