1 Raja-raja 3:17

3:17 One of the women said, “My master, this woman and I live in the same house. I had a baby while she was with me in the house.

1 Raja-raja 11:3

11:3 He had 700 royal wives ¹  and 300 concubines; ²  his wives had a powerful influence over him. ³ 

1 Raja-raja 11:19

11:19 Pharaoh liked Hadad so well ⁴  he gave him his sister-in-law (Queen Tahpenes’ sister) as a wife. ⁵ 

[11:3]  ¹ tn Heb “wives, princesses.”

[11:3]  ² sn Concubines were slave women in ancient Near Eastern societies who were the legal property of their master, but who could have legitimate sexual relations with their master. A concubine’s status was more elevated than a mere servant, but she was not free and did not have the legal rights of a free wife. The children of a concubine could, in some instances, become equal heirs with the children of the free wife. The usage in the present passage suggests that after the period of the Judges concubines may have become more of a royal prerogative (cf. also 2 Sam 21:10-14).

[11:3]  ³ tn Heb “his wives bent his heart.”

[11:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “and Hadad found great favor in the eyes of Pharaoh.”

[11:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he gave to him a wife, the sister of his wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.”