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16 Then after them, from all the tribes of Israel, those who set their heart to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to offer to Yahweh, the God of their ancestors.[a] 17 And they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and made Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, secure for three years, for they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years.

Rehoboam’s Harem and Family

18 Then Rehoboam took to himself as a wife Mahalath, the daughter[b] of Yerimot son of David, and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 11:16 Or “fathers”
  2. 2 Chronicles 11:18 This follows the reading tradition (Qere); the Kethib reading has “son”