²¹ Rehoboam loved Maacah more than any of his other wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and they gave birth to twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

¹⁷ The king must not take many wives for himself, because they will turn his heart away from the Lord. And he must not accumulate large amounts of wealth in silver and gold for himself.

³ He had 700 wives of royal birth and 300 concubines. And in fact, they did turn his heart away from the Lord.

¹³ After moving from Hebron to Jerusalem, David married more concubines and wives, and they had more sons and daughters.

David’s Sons Born in Hebron

² These are the sons who were born to David in Hebron:

These sons were all born to David in Hebron.

³⁰ He had seventy sons born to him, for he had many wives.

²³ Rehoboam also wisely gave responsibilities to his other sons and stationed some of them in the fortified towns throughout the land of Judah and Benjamin. He provided them with generous provisions, and he found many wives for them.

Descendants of David

3 These are the sons of David who were born in Hebron:

⁴ These six sons were born to David in Hebron, where he reigned seven and a half years.

Then David reigned another thirty-three years in Jerusalem. ⁵ The sons born to David in Jerusalem included Shammua,^[a] Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. Their mother was Bathsheba,^[b] the daughter of Ammiel. ⁶ David also had nine other sons: Ibhar, Elishua,^[c] Elpelet,^{[d] 7} Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, ⁸ Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.

⁹ These were the sons of David, not including his sons born to his concubines. Their sister was named Tamar.