"And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart."
Commentary
Gill's Exposition
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines,.... 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 Sol 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 Ecc 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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Commentary
Gill's Exposition
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines,.... 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 Sol 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 Ecc 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.