2 Chronicles 11:18-23

Rehoboam’s Family

18 Rehoboam took as wife Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, and of Abihail the daughter of ¹Eliab the son of Jesse,

19 and she bore him sons, Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.

20 After her he took ²Maacah the daughter of Absalom, who bore him ³Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

21 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).

22 ⁴And Rehoboam appointed ⁵Abijah the son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.

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]

2 Chronicles 11:18-23 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 11

In this chapter are related the preparations Rehoboam made to regain the ten tribes that revolted from him, but was forbid making the attempt by a prophet of the Lord, which he paid a regard unto, 2Ch 11:1-4, the fortification of several cities in Judah and Benjamin for his defence, 2Ch 11:5-12, the resort of several priests and Levites to him from Jeroboam, which served to strengthen his kingdom, 2Ch 11:13-17, and an account of his wives, and of his children, and of his disposal of them, 2Ch 11:18-23.

been at Shechem, and had given his answer to the request of the men of Israel, upon which they revolted from him: this and the three following verses are the same with 1Ki 12:21-24. \\See Gill on "1Ki 12:21"\\. 19374-950111-2023-2Ch11.2

Cross References

• 1. 11:18 1 Sam. 16:6; 17:13, 28; [1 Chr. 27:18]
• 2. 11:20 1 Kgs. 15:2
• 3. 11:20 [1 Kgs. 14:31]
• 4. 11:22 [Deut. 21:15-17]
• 5. 11:22 [See ver. 20 above]

Footnotes

• [a] 11:23 Hebrew 'and sought a multitude of wives'