³ Their father gave them great gifts of silver, gold, and valuable possessions, together with ^(A)fortified cities in Judah, but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram, because he was the firstborn.

²³ And he dealt wisely and distributed some of his sons through all the districts of Judah and Benjamin, in all the fortified cities, and he gave them abundant provisions and procured wives for them.^[a]

⁵ Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built ^(A)cities for defense in Judah.

Inheritance Rights of the Firstborn

¹⁵ “If a man has two wives, ^(A)the one loved and the other unloved, and both the loved and the unloved have borne him children, and if the firstborn son belongs to the unloved,^{[a] 16} then on the day when ^(B)he assigns his possessions as an inheritance to his sons, he may not treat the son of the loved as the firstborn in preference to the son of the unloved, who is the firstborn, ¹⁷ but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is ^(C)the firstfruits of his strength. ^(D)The right of the firstborn is his.

⁶ But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still living he ^(A)sent them away from his son Isaac, eastward ^(B)to the east country.