He had 700 royal wives ¹  and 300 concubines; ²  his wives had a powerful influence over him. ³ 

Gideon fathered seventy sons through his many wives. ¹ 

all the clans that remain, each separately with their wives.”

¹ Wives, submit ²  to your husbands as to the Lord,

the clan of the descendants of Levi by itself and their wives by themselves; and the clan of the Shimeites ¹  by itself and their wives by themselves –

“Come out of the ark, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you.

Noah went out along with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives.

So Jacob immediately put his children and his wives on the camels. ¹ 

Intermarry with us. ¹  Let us marry your daughters, and take our daughters as wives for yourselves. ² 

David had also married ¹  Ahinoam from Jezreel; the two of them became his wives.

David retrieved everything the Amalekites had taken; he ¹  also rescued his two wives.

Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

Shaharaim fathered sons in Moab after he divorced his wives Hushim and Baara.

In Jerusalem ¹  David married ²  more wives and fathered more sons and daughters.

Jehoiada chose two wives for him who gave him sons and daughters.

All these had taken foreign wives, and some of them also had children by these women. ¹ 

Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. ¹ 

Husbands, love your ¹  wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her

Wives, submit to your ¹  husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.