2 Chronicles 11:21

And Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absolom, above all his wives and his concubines, for, eighteen wives, took he, and sixty concubines,—and begat twenty-eight sons, and sixty daughters.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)

In Context

20And, after her, he took Maacah, daughter of Absolom,—and she bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

22So then Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as head, to be chief ruler among his brethren,—yea that he might make him king.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 21:16then shall it be, that in the day when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, he may not treat the son of the beloved, instead of the son of the hated, as the firstborn;

2 Samuel 3:2And there were born unto David, sons, in Hebron,—and it came to press that—His firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam, the Jezreelitess;

1 Kings 11:3So it came to pass that he had seven hundred wives who were princesses, and three hundred concubines,—and, his wives, turned aside, his heart.

2 Chronicles 11:23So he took heed, and dispersed all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, unto all the fortified cities, and gave them food in abundance,—and asked a multitude of wives.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 11:14-23

The Priests Adhere to Rehoboam. ( b. c. 974.) 13 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts. 14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the Lord : 15 And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made. 16 And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts… Read the whole commentary →

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