1 Kings 11:3
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And he had seven hundred wives as queens, and three hundred concubines: and the women turned away his heart.

Deuteronomy 17:17
He shall not have many wives, that may allure his mind, nor immense sums of silver and gold.

2 Samuel 5:13
And David took more concubines and wives of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were born to David other sons also and daughters:

Ecclesiastes 7:28
Which yet my soul seeketh, and I have not found it. One man among a thousand I have found, a woman among them all I have not found.

Songs 6:8
There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and young maidens without number.

Songs 6:9
One is my dove, my perfect one is but one, she is the only one of her mother, the chosen of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and declared her most blessed: the queens and concubines, and they praised her.

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

seven hundred

Judges 8:30,31 And he had seventy sons, who came out of his thigh, for he had many wives. . . .

Judges 9:5 And he came to his father's house in Ephra, and slew his brethren, the sons of Jerobaal, seventy men, upon one stone: and there remained only Joatham, the youngest son of Jerobaal, who was hidden.

2 Samuel 3:2-5 And sons were born to David in Hebron: and his firstborn was Ammon of Achinoam the Jezrahelitess: . . .

2 Samuel 5:13-16 And David took more concubines and wives of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were born to David other sons also and daughters: . . .

2 Chronicles 11:21 And Roboam loved Maacha the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and concubines: for he had married eighteen wives, and threescore concubines: and he begot eight and twenty sons, and threescore daughters.

Ecclesiastes 7:28 Which yet my soul seeketh, and I have not found it. One man among a thousand I have found, a woman among them all I have not found.

Context
Solomon's Foreign Wives
2Of the nations concerning which the Lord said to the children of Israel: You shall not go in unto them, neither shall any of them come into yours: for they will most certainly turn away your hearts to follow their gods. And to these was Solomon joined with a most ardent love. 3And he had seven hundred wives as queens, and three hundred concubines: and the women turned away his heart.4And when he was now old, his heart was turned away by women to follow strange gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David, his father.…
Lexicon
He had
וַיְהִי־ (way·hî-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

seven
שְׁבַ֣ע (šə·ḇa‘)
Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

hundred
מֵא֔וֹת (mê·’ō·wṯ)
Number - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3967: A hundred

wives
נָשִׁ֗ים (nā·šîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

of royal birth
שָׂרוֹת֙ (śā·rō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8282: A mistress, female noble

and three
שְׁלֹ֣שׁ (šə·lōš)
Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7969: Three, third, thrice

hundred
מֵא֑וֹת (mê·’ō·wṯ)
Number - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3967: A hundred

concubines—
וּפִֽלַגְשִׁ֖ים (ū·p̄i·laḡ·šîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6370: A concubine, a paramour

and his wives
נָשָׁ֖יו (nā·šāw)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

turned his heart
לִבּֽוֹ׃ (lib·bōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

away.
וַיַּטּ֥וּ (way·yaṭ·ṭū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend


Additional Translations
He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

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

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

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

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

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

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