John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 11:3

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, etc.] In all 1000, a prodigious number; though these might not be all for use, but for state after the manner of the eastern monarchs; these were a far greater number than are alluded to in (<220608>Song of Solomon 6:8), unless the virgins without number there, were such of these as were not defiled by him; but the number here seems plainly referred to in (<210728>Ecclesiastes 7:28), and his wives turned away his heart; both from his duty to his God, and from attendance to his business as a king, especially the former, as follows.

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