²¹ Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, was dearer to Rehoboam than all his wives and his servant-wives: (for he had eighteen wives and sixty servant-wives, and was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)

¹⁷ And he is not to have a great number of wives, for fear that his heart may be turned away; or great wealth of silver and gold.

² While David was in Hebron he became the father of sons: the oldest was Amnon, son of Ahinoam of Jezreel;

³ And the second, Chileab, whose mother was Abigail, the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom, son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur;

⁴ And the fourth, Adonijah, the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah, the son of Abital;

⁵ And the sixth, Ithream, whose mother was David's wife Eglah. These were the sons of David, whose birth took place in Hebron.

³⁰ Gideon had seventy sons, the offspring of his body; for he had a number of wives.

¹³ And David took more women and wives in Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and he had more sons and daughters.

³ He had seven hundred wives, daughters of kings, and three hundred other wives; and through his wives his heart was turned away.

¹ Now these were David's sons, whose birth took place in Hebron: the oldest Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelite woman;

² The third Absalom, the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth Adonijah, the son of Haggith;

³ The fifth Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth Ithream, by Eglah his wife.

⁴ He had six sons in Hebron; he was ruling there for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem for thirty-three years.

⁵ And in Jerusalem he had four sons, Shimea and Shobab and Nathan and Solomon, by Bath-shua, the daughter of Ammiel;

⁶ And Ibhar and Elishama and Eliphelet

⁷ And Nogah and Nepheg and Japhia

⁸ And Elishama and Eliada and Eliphelet, nine.

⁹ All these were the sons of David, in addition to the sons of his servant-wives; and Tamar was their sister.

²³ And in his wisdom he had his sons stationed in every walled town through all the lands of Judah and Benjamin; and he gave them a great store of food, and took wives for them.

⁸ There are sixty queens, and eighty servant-wives, and young girls without number.

⁹ My dove, my very beautiful one, is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the dearest one of her who gave her birth. The daughters saw her, and gave her a blessing; yes, the queens and the servant-wives, and they gave her praises.