13 Meanwhile (A)David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to David.

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13 After he left Hebron, David took more concubines and wives(A) in Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.

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11 This is what the Lord says: ‘Behold, I am going to raise up evil against you from your own household; (A)I will even take your wives before your eyes and give them to your companion, and he will sleep with your wives in [a]broad daylight.

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  1. 2 Samuel 12:11 Lit the sight of this sun

11 “This is what the Lord says: ‘Out of your own household(A) I am going to bring calamity on you.(B) Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will sleep with your wives in broad daylight.(C)

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(A)He had seven hundred wives, who were [a]princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned his heart away. For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away [b]to follow other gods; and (B)his heart was not [c]wholly devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of his father David had been.

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  1. 1 Kings 11:3 Or women of rank
  2. 1 Kings 11:4 Lit after other
  3. 1 Kings 11:4 Lit complete with

He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines,(A) and his wives led him astray.(B) As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods,(C) and his heart was not fully devoted(D) to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been.

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