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16 From all the tribes of Israel, those people who set their hearts on seeking the Lord, the God of Israel, followed the priests and Levites and came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the Lord, the God of their fathers. 17 They strengthened the kingdom of Judah and made Rehoboam son of Solomon secure for three years, because for those three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.

The Family of Rehoboam

18 Rehoboam took as his wife Mahalath, who was the daughter[a] of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 11:18 The translation follows the Hebrew reading in the margin (qere). Many Hebrew manuscripts read son.