2 Chronicles 11:22

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.

In Context

21And 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.

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.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 21:15When a man shall have two wives—the one beloved and, the other hated, and they have borne him sons, both she that is beloved, and she that is hated,—and it shall be that the firstborn son belongeth to her that is hated,

1 Chronicles 29:1Then said David the king unto all the convocation, Solomon my son, the one, of whom God hath made choice, is young and tender,—and, the work, is great, seeing that, not for man, is the palace, but for Yahweh Elohim.

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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