2 Chronicles 11:20

Translations

Modern

After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

Traditional

And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

Literal

And after her he took Maacah the granddaughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

Latin

Post hanc quoque accepit Maacha filiam Absalom, quæ peperit ei Abia, et Ethai, et Ziza, et Salomith.

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Hebrew

English

After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

Notes

2 Chronicles 11:18–22

Rehoboam likely had the same number of wives and children throughout his reign, not just by his fifth year. He loved his second wife more than his first, so he broke the rule of primogeniture (inheritance belonging to the firstborn son, Deuteronomy 21:15–17) by making Abijah the next king, possibly in a co-regency. This action ensured a smooth succession.

2 Chronicles 11:5–23

The Lord blessed Rehoboam through his building projects, the movement of loyal priests from the north to the south, the migration of faithful people from the north to Jerusalem, and his large family.

Theme notes and profiles

Jeroboam I Rehoboam

Related verses

2 Chronicles 13:2
…and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel; she was from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
2 Chronicles 12:16
And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Abijah reigned in his place.
2 Chronicles 11:21
Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
Matthew 1:7
Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa.
1 Kings 15:1–2
In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king of Judah,

People

Abijah: King of Judah, son of Rehoboam Absalom: David's rebellious son who tried to usurp the throne Attai: Son of King Rehoboam and Maacah Maacah: Daughter of Abishalom; wife of Rehoboam; mother of Abijah Shelomith: Daughter of Rehoboam with Absolom's daughter Ziza: Son of King Rehoboam and Maacah

Glossary

Abijam Attai Birthright Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Maacah, Maachah (Person) Shelomith Uriel Ziza

Topics

Absalom: Children of Attai: Son of Rehoboam Maachah: Also Called Michaiah: Mother of Abijam and Grandmother of Asa Polygamy: Rehoboam Rehoboam: Builds Fortified Cities; is Temporarily Prosperous Shelomith: A Son (Daughter?) of Rehoboam Ziza: Son of Rehoboam

2 Chronicles 11:20

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