2 Chronicles 11:18-23
New English Translation
18 Rehoboam married[a] Mahalath the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of[b] Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab. 19 She bore him sons named Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham. 20 He later married Maacah the daughter of Absalom. She bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith. 21 Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than his other wives and concubines.[c] He had eighteen wives and sixty concubines; he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
22 Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as the leader over his brothers, for he intended to name him his successor.[d] 23 He wisely placed some of his many sons throughout the regions of Judah and Benjamin in the various fortified cities.[e] He supplied them with abundant provisions and acquired many wives for them.[f]
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- 2 Chronicles 11:18 tn Heb “took for himself a wife.”
- 2 Chronicles 11:18 tn The words “and of” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
- 2 Chronicles 11:21 sn Concubines were slave women in ancient Near Eastern societies who were the legal property of their master, but who could have legitimate sexual relations with their master. A concubine’s status was more elevated than a mere servant, but she was not free and did not have the legal rights of a free wife. The children of a concubine could, in some instances, become equal heirs with the children of the free wife. After the period of the Judges concubines may have become more of a royal prerogative (2 Sam 21:10-14; 1 Kgs 11:3).
- 2 Chronicles 11:22 tn Heb “and Rehoboam appointed for a head Abijah son of Maacah for ruler among his brothers, indeed to make him king.”
- 2 Chronicles 11:23 tn Heb “and he was discerning and broke up from all his sons to all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all the fortified cities.”
- 2 Chronicles 11:23 tn “and he asked for a multitude of wives.”
2 Chronicles 11:18-23
International Standard Version
Rehoboam’s Wives and Children
18 Rehoboam married Mahalath, the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth, along with Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab, 19 who bore him these sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham. 20 After this he married Absalom’s daughter Maacah, who bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith. 21 Rehoboam loved Absalom’s daughter Maacah more than he did all of his wives and mistresses. (He married eighteen wives and 60 concubines, fathering 28 sons and 60 daughters.) 22 Later, Rehoboam appointed Abijah, his son from Maacah, as senior family leader among his brothers, since he intended to establish Abijah[a] as king. 23 Rehoboam[b] was wise to distribute some of his children throughout all of the territories of Judah and Benjamin, placing them in all of the fortified cities. He allotted them abundant supplies of food and sought many wives for them.[c]
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- 2 Chronicles 11:22 Lit. him
- 2 Chronicles 11:23 Lit. He
- 2 Chronicles 11:23 The Heb. lacks for them
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