He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself great amounts of silver and gold. Cross References 2 Samuel 5:13After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him. 2 Samuel 12:11 This is what the LORD says: 'I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight. 1 Kings 10:27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills. 1 Kings 11:1 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh--women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. 1 Kings 11:3 He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines--and his wives turned his heart away. 1 Kings 11:4 For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been. 2 Chronicles 1:15 The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills. 2 Chronicles 11:21 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. Proverbs 31:3 Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings. Chapter Outline 1. The things sacrificed must be sound2. Idolaters must be slain 8. Hard controversies are to be determined by the priests and judges 12. The one who shows contempt for the judge must die 14. The election 16. and duty of a king Jump to Previous Accumulate Amounts Astray Exceedingly Heart Increase Multiply Silver Turn Turned WivesJump to Next Accumulate Amounts Astray Exceedingly Heart Increase Multiply Silver Turn Turned Wives |
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