2 Chronicles 11:21
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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.

eighteen wives

2 Chronicles 11:23 Because he was wiser and mightier than all his sons, and in all the countries of Juda, and of Benjamin, and in all the walled cities: and he gave them provisions in abundance, and he sought many wives.

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

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

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 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:

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

1 Chronicles 3:1-9 Now these were the sons of David that were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn Amnon of Achinoam the Jezrahelitess, the second Daniel of Abigail the Carmelitess. . . .

Songs 6:8,9 There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and young maidens without number. . . .

Context
Rehoboam's Family
20And after her he married Maacha the daughter of Absalom, who bore him Abia, and Ethai, and Ziza, and Salomith. 21And 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.22But he put at the head of them Abia the son of Maacha to be the chief ruler over all his brethren: for he meant to make him king,…
Cross References
Genesis 22:24
And his concubine, named Roma, bore Tabee, and Gaham, and Tahas, and Maacha.

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

1 Kings 15:2
He reigned three years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Maacha, the daughter of Abessalom.

Lexicon
Rehoboam
רְחַבְעָ֜ם (rə·ḥaḇ·‘ām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7346: Rehoboam -- 'a people are enlarged', a king of Judah

loved
וַיֶּאֱהַ֨ב (way·ye·’ĕ·haḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 157: To have affection f

Maacah
מַעֲכָ֣ה (ma·‘ă·ḵāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4601: Maacah -- an Israelite name, also a non-Israelite name, also a region in Syria

daughter
בַת־ (ḇaṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter

of Absalom
אַבְשָׁל֗וֹם (’aḇ·šā·lō·wm)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 53: Absalom -- 'my father is peace', two Israelites

more than all
מִכָּל־ (mik·kāl)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

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

and concubines.
וּפִ֣ילַגְשָׁ֔יו (ū·p̄î·laḡ·šāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6370: A concubine, a paramour

In all, he had
נָשָׂ֔א (nā·śā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take

eighteen
שְׁמוֹנֶֽה־ (šə·mō·w·neh-)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8083: A cardinal number, eight, eighth

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

and sixty
שִׁשִּׁ֑ים (šiš·šîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 8346: Sixty

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

and he was the father
וַיּ֗וֹלֶד (way·yō·w·leḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

of twenty-eight
עֶשְׂרִ֧ים (‘eś·rîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 6242: Twenty, twentieth

sons
בָּנִ֖ים (bā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

and sixty
וְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים (wə·šiš·šîm)
Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 8346: Sixty

daughters.
בָּנֽוֹת׃ (bā·nō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter


Additional Translations
Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and three score concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and three score daughters.)

And Rehoboam loved Maacah 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 daughters.)

And Roboam loved Maacha the daughter of Abessalom more than all his wives and all his concubines: for he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines; and he begot twenty-eight sons, and sixty daughters.

And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines; for he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he begot twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

And Rehoboam loved Maacah 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 daughters.)

And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and sixty concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and sixty daughters.)

Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)

And Rehoboam loveth Maachah daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines -- for eighteen wives he hath taken, and sixty concubines -- and he begetteth twenty and eight sons, and sixty daughters.
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Alphabetical: Absalom all and any concubines daughter daughters eighteen fathered For had he his In loved Maacah more of other Rehoboam sixty sons taken than the twenty-eight wives

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