Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Rehoboam loved Maakah daughter of Absalom more than any of his other wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. New Living Translation Rehoboam loved Maacah more than any of his other wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and they gave birth to twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. English Standard Version Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and concubines (he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters). Berean Standard Bible 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. King James Bible 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.) New King James Version Now Rehoboam loved Maachah the granddaughter of Absalom more than all his wives and his concubines; for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and begot twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. New American Standard Bible Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom more than all his other wives and concubines. For he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. NASB 1995 Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom more than all his other wives and concubines. For he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines and fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. NASB 1977 And Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom more than all his other wives and concubines. For he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines and fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. Legacy Standard Bible And Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom more than all his other wives and concubines. For he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. Amplified Bible Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter (granddaughter) of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines—for he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. Christian Standard Bible Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. He acquired eighteen wives and sixty concubines and was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. Holman Christian Standard Bible Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. He acquired 18 wives and 60 concubines and was the father of 28 sons and 60 daughters. American Standard Version 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.) Contemporary English Version Rehoboam had 18 wives, but he also married 60 other women, and he was the father of 28 sons and 60 daughters. Rehoboam loved his wife Maacah the most, English Revised Version 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.) GOD'S WORD® Translation Rehoboam loved Maacah, Absalom's granddaughter, more than all his other wives and concubines. (He had 18 wives and 60 concubines. He fathered 28 sons and 60 daughters.) Good News Translation In all, Rehoboam had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. Of all his wives and concubines he loved Maacah best, International Standard Version 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.) Majority Standard Bible 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. NET Bible Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than his other wives and concubines. He had eighteen wives and sixty concubines; he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. New Heart English Bible Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his secondary wives: (for he took eighteen wives, and sixty secondary wives, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.) Webster's Bible Translation And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and sixty concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and sixty daughters.) World English Bible 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd Rehoboam loves Maachah daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines—for he has taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines—and he begets twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. Young's Literal Translation And Rehoboam loveth Maachah daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines -- for eighteen wives he hath taken, and sixty concubines -- and he begetteth twenty and eight sons, and sixty daughters. Smith's Literal Translation And Rehoboam will love Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines; and he will beget twenty and eight sons, and sixty daughters. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd Roboam loved Maacha the daughter of Absalom above all his wives, and concubines: for he had married eighteen wives, and threescore concubines: and he beget eight and twenty sons, and threescore daughters. Catholic Public Domain Version But Rehoboam loved Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, above all his wives and concubines. For he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines. And he conceived twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. New American Bible Rehoboam loved Maacah, daughter of Absalom, more than all his other wives and concubines; he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. New Revised Standard Version Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his other wives and concubines (he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters). Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines (for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines; and begat twenty-eight sons, and sixty daughters). OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines--for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines, and begot twenty and eight sons and threescore daughters. Brenton Septuagint Translation And Roboam loved Maacha the daughter of Abessalom more than all his wives and all his concubines: for he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines; and he begot twenty-eight sons, and sixty daughters. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Rehoboam's Family…20After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith. 21Rehoboam 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. 22Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.… Cross References 1 Kings 11:3 He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away. 2 Samuel 5:13 After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him. 1 Kings 11:1-2 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. 1 Kings 15:2 and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom. 1 Kings 15:13 He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley. 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 12:13 Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. Genesis 29:30 Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years. Genesis 30:26 Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.” Deuteronomy 17:17 He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold. Matthew 19:8 Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart. But it was not this way from the beginning. Mark 10:5 But Jesus told them, “Moses wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart. 1 Corinthians 7:2 But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her 1 Timothy 3:2 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, Treasury of Scripture And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and three score concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and three score daughters.) eighteen wives 2 Chronicles 11:23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives. Deuteronomy 17:17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. Judges 8:30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives. Jump to Previous Absalom Begat Begot Concubines Daughter Daughters Eight Eighteen Fathered Loved Maacah Maachah Rehoboam Sixty Threescore Twenty Twenty-Eight WivesJump to Next Absalom Begat Begot Concubines Daughter Daughters Eight Eighteen Fathered Loved Maacah Maachah Rehoboam Sixty Threescore Twenty Twenty-Eight Wives2 Chronicles 11 1. Rehoboam raising an army to subdue Israel, is forbidden by Shemaiah5. He strengthens his kingdom with forts and provisions 13. The priests and Levites, and such as feared God, forsaken by Jeroboam, 17. strengthen the kingdom of Judah 18. The wives and children of Rehoboam Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. Rehoboam, the son of Solomon and grandson of David, is noted for his affection towards Maacah, the daughter of Absalom. Absalom was a son of David, known for his rebellion against his father, which adds a layer of complexity to Rehoboam's choice. This preference for Maacah may reflect political alliances, as marriages often served to strengthen ties between powerful families. The mention of "loved" suggests a deep personal affection, which is significant given the cultural context where marriages were often arranged for political reasons. This preference could have influenced his political decisions and the dynamics within his household, as favoritism often led to familial strife, a recurring theme in the narratives of the kings of Israel and Judah. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. Persons / Places / Events 1. RehoboamThe son of Solomon and king of Judah, known for his unwise decision that led to the division of the united kingdom of Israel. 2. Maacah The daughter of Absalom, favored wife of Rehoboam, indicating her influence in the royal household. 3. Absalom The son of King David, known for his rebellion against his father, which adds a layer of complexity to Maacah's background. 4. Judah The southern kingdom over which Rehoboam reigned after the division of Israel. 5. Polygamy The practice of having multiple wives and concubines, which was common among kings of that era but often led to familial and spiritual complications. Teaching Points The Dangers of FavoritismRehoboam's favoritism towards Maacah could have led to jealousy and discord within his family. Favoritism can create division and strife in any family or community setting. Consequences of Polygamy The practice of polygamy, while culturally accepted at the time, often led to complex family dynamics and spiritual decline, as seen in the lives of both Solomon and Rehoboam. Influence of Family Background Maacah's lineage as the daughter of Absalom may have brought certain influences into Rehoboam's court. Our family backgrounds can impact our decisions and relationships, for better or worse. The Importance of Obedience to God's Commands Rehoboam's actions reflect a disregard for God's instructions regarding marriage for kings. Obedience to God's Word is crucial for personal and communal well-being.(21) Loved Maachah.--She probably inherited her mother's and grandfather's beauty. For he took--N?s?', as in 2Chronicles 13:21; a later usage instead of l?qah. And threescore concubines.--Josephus (l.c.) says, "thirty," and the difference in Hebrew is only of one letter. The recurrence of the same number immediately ("threescore daughters") is also suspicious. Verse 21. - Rehoboam was clearly wrong by Deuteronomy 17:17 (note Solomon's Song of Solomon 6:8).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Rehoboamרְחַבְעָ֜ם (rə·ḥaḇ·‘ām) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 7346: Rehoboam -- 'a people are enlarged', a king of Judah loved וַיֶּאֱהַ֨ב (way·ye·’ĕ·haḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 157: To have affection f Maacah מַעֲכָ֣ה (ma·‘ă·ḵāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4601: Maacah -- an Israelite name, also a non-Israelite name, also a region in Syria daughter בַת־ (ḇaṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 1323: A daughter of Absalom אַבְשָׁל֗וֹם (’aḇ·šā·lō·wm) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 53: Absalom -- 'my father is peace', two Israelites more than all מִכָּל־ (mik·kāl) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every his wives נָשָׁיו֙ (nā·šāw) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female and concubines. וּפִ֣ילַגְשָׁ֔יו (ū·p̄î·laḡ·šāw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6370: A concubine, a paramour In all, he had נָשָׂ֔א (nā·śā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take eighteen שְׁמוֹנֶֽה־ (šə·mō·w·neh-) Number - feminine singular Strong's 8083: A cardinal number, eight, eighth wives נָשִׁ֤ים (nā·šîm) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female and sixty שִׁשִּׁ֑ים (šiš·šîm) Number - common plural Strong's 8346: Sixty concubines, וּפִֽילַגְשִׁ֖ים (ū·p̄î·laḡ·šîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 6370: A concubine, a paramour and he was the father וַיּ֗וֹלֶד (way·yō·w·leḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage of twenty-eight עֶשְׂרִ֧ים (‘eś·rîm) Number - common plural Strong's 6242: Twenty, twentieth sons בָּנִ֖ים (bā·nîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1121: A son and sixty וְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים (wə·šiš·šîm) Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural Strong's 8346: Sixty daughters. בָּנֽוֹת׃ (bā·nō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 1323: A daughter Links 2 Chronicles 11:21 NIV2 Chronicles 11:21 NLT 2 Chronicles 11:21 ESV 2 Chronicles 11:21 NASB 2 Chronicles 11:21 KJV 2 Chronicles 11:21 BibleApps.com 2 Chronicles 11:21 Biblia Paralela 2 Chronicles 11:21 Chinese Bible 2 Chronicles 11:21 French Bible 2 Chronicles 11:21 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Chronicles 11:21 Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) |
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