²¹ Now Rehoboam loved Maachah the granddaughter of Absalom more than all his ^(A)wives and his concubines; for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and begot twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

¹⁷ Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply silver and ^(A)gold for himself.

³ And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

¹³ And ^(A)David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron. Also more sons and daughters were born to David.

Sons of David

² Sons were born ^(A)to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon ^(B)by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; ³ his second, ^[a]Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite; the third, ^(C)Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king ^(D)of Geshur; ⁴ the fourth, ^(E)Adonijah the son of Haggith; the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; ⁵ and the sixth, Ithream, by David’s wife Eglah. These were born to David in Hebron.

³⁰ Gideon had ^(A)seventy sons who were his own offspring, for he had many wives.

²³ He dealt wisely, and ^[a]dispersed some of his sons throughout all the territories of Judah and Benjamin, to every ^(A)fortified city; and he gave them provisions in abundance. He also sought many wives for them.

The Family of David^(A)

3 Now these were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was ^(B)Amnon, by ^(C)Ahinoam the ^(D)Jezreelitess; the second, ^[a]Daniel, by ^(E)Abigail the Carmelitess; ² the third, ^(F)Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, ^(G)Adonijah the son of Haggith; ³ the fifth, Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth, Ithream, by his wife ^(H)Eglah.

⁴ These six were born to him in Hebron. ^(I)There he reigned seven years and six months, and ^(J)in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years. ^5 (K)And these were born to him in Jerusalem: ^[b]Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and ^(L)Solomon—four by ^[c]Bathshua the daughter of ^[d]Ammiel. ⁶ Also there were Ibhar, ^[e]Elishama, ^[f]Eliphelet, ⁷ Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, ⁸ Elishama, ^[g]Eliada, and Eliphelet—^(M)nine in all. ⁹ These were all the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines, and ^(N)Tamar their sister.