2 Chronicles 11:21

Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines; for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

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WEBBE

Rehoboam loved Maacah the granddaughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines; for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

BSB

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.

KJV

And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)

ASV

And Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines ( for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines, and begat twenty and eight sons and threescore daughters).

BBE

Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, was dearer to Rehoboam than all his wives and his servant-wives: (for he had eighteen wives and sixty servant-wives, and was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)

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וַיֶּאֱהַב vai·ye·'e·hav and he loved H157 רְחַבְעָם re·chav·'am Rehoboam H7346 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 מַעֲכָה ma·'a·khah Maacah H4601 בַת־ vat- [the] daughter of H1323 אַבְשָׁלוֹם 'av·sha·lom Absalom H53 מִכָּל־ mi·kol more than all H3605 נָשָׁיו na·shav wives his H802 וּפִילַגְשָׁיו u·fi·lag·shav and concubines his H6370 כִּי ki for H3588 נָשִׁים na·shim wives H802 שְׁמוֹנֶה־ she·mo·neh- eight- H8083 עֶשְׂרֵה 'es·reh teen H6240 נָשָׂא na·sa' he had taken H5375 וּפִילַגְשִׁים u·fi·lag·shim and concubines H6370 שִׁשִּׁים shi·shim sixty H8346 וַיּוֹלֶד vai·yo·led and he fathered H3205 עֶשְׂרִים 'es·rim twenty H6242 וּשְׁמוֹנָה u·she·mo·nah and eight H8083 בָּנִים ba·nim sons H1121 וְשִׁשִּׁים ve·shi·shim and sixty H8346 בָּנוֹת ba·not daughters H1323

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 13–23

When the priests and Levites came to Jerusalem, the devout, pious Israelites followed them. Such as set their hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel, left the inheritance of their fathers, and went to Jerusalem, that they might have free access to the altar of God, and be out of the temptation to worship the calves. That is best for us, which is best for our souls; in all our choices, religious advantages must be sought before all outward conveniences. Where God's faithful priests are, his faithful people should be. And when it has been proved that we are willing to renounce our worldly interests, so far as we are called to do so for the sake of Christ and his gospel, we have good evidence that we are truly his disciples. And it is the interest of a nation to protect religion and religious people.

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Cross-references

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People & places

RehoboamMaachahAbsalom

Topics

PolygamyLasciviousnessConcubinage

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.