2 Chronicles 11:21

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.)

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Rehoboam	רְחַבְעָ֜ם re.chav.'Am	H7346	Rechabam · proper noun, a man's name
loved	וַיֶּאֱהַ֨ב vai.ye.'e.Hav	H157	to have affection for (sexually or otherwise) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Maachah	מַעֲכָ֣ה ma.'a.Khah	H4601	Maakah (or Maakath) · proper noun, a man's name
daughter	בַת vat-	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · noun, common feminine singular construct
Absalom	אַבְשָׁל֗וֹם 'av.sha.Lom	H53	Abshalom · proper noun, a man's name
wives	נָשָׁיו֙ na.Shav	H802	a woman · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
concubines	וּפִ֣ילַגְשָׁ֔יו u.Fi.lag.Shav	H6370	a concubine · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
took	נָשָׂ֔א na.Sa'	H5375	to lift · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
eighteen	שְׁמוֹנֶֽה she.mo.neh-	H8083	a cardinal number · noun, common both genders singular absolute
wives	נָשִׁ֤ים na.Shim	H802	a woman · noun, common masculine plural absolute
threescore	שִׁשִּׁ֑ים shi.Shim	H8346	sixty · noun, common masculine plural absolute
concubines	וּפִֽילַגְשִׁ֖ים u.fi.lag.Shim	H6370	a concubine · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural absolute
begat	וַיּ֗וֹלֶד vai.Yo.led	H3205	to bear young · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
twenty	עֶשְׂרִ֧ים 'es.Rim	H6242	twenty · noun, common masculine plural absolute
eight	וּשְׁמוֹנָ֛ה u.she.mo.Nah	H8083	a cardinal number · conjunction + noun, common both genders singular absolute
sons	בָּנִ֖ים ba.Nim	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
threescore	וְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים ve.shi.Shim	H8346	sixty · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural absolute
daughters	בָּנֽוֹת ba.Not	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · noun, common feminine plural absolute

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Cross-references

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.
1 Kings 11:3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
2 Samuel 3:2-5 And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
2 Samuel 5:13 And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to…
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 ga…
Song of Solomon 6:8-9 There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.
1 Chronicles 3:1-9 Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, o…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 11:13–end

See here, I. How Rehoboam was strengthened by the accession of the priests and Levites, and all the devout and pious Israelites, to him, even all that were true to their God and their religion. 1. Jeroboam cast them off, that is, he set up such a way of worship as he knew they could not in conscience comply with, which obliged them to withdraw from his altar, and at the same time he would not allow them to go up to Jerusalem to worship at the altar there; so that he totally cast them off from executing the priest's office, Ch2 11:14. And very willing he was that they should turn themselves out of their places, that room might be made for those mean and scandalous persons whom he ordained pri…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 11:21

he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines--This royal harem, though far smaller than his father's, was equally in violation of the law, which forbade a king to "multiply wives unto himself" [Deu 17:17].

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 11:21

Eighteen wives and threescore concubines - Bad enough, but not so abandoned as his father. Of these marriages and concubinage the issue was twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters; eighty-eight children in the whole, to the education of the whole of whom he could pay but little attention. Numerous families are often neglected; and children by different women, must be yet in a worse state.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 11:21

And Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines, &c. Who is called Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel, 2 Chronicles 13:2, for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines; led thereunto by the example of his father Solomon, contrary to the command of God, Deuteronomy 17:17. and begat twenty eight sons and sixty daughters; to have many children was reckoned a great blessing, but it was not honourable to have them in such a way.

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Dictionary and topics

Abijah — Father (i.e., “possessor or worshipper”) of Jehovah. (1.) 1 Chr. 7:8. (2.) 1 Chr. 2:24. (3.) The second son of Samuel (1 Sam. 8:2; 1 Chr. 6:28). His conduct, along with that of his brother, as a…
Abishalom — (father of peace), father or grandfather of Maachah, who was the wife of Rehoboam and mother of Abijah. (1 Kings 15:2,10) He is called Absalom in (2 Chronicles 11:20,21) This person must be David’s…
Maachah — Oppression, a small Syrian kingdom near Geshur, east of the Hauran, the district of Batanea (Josh. 13:13; 2 Sam. 10:6, 8; 1 Chr. 19:7). (2.) A daughter of Talmai, king of the old native population of…
Concubinage · Rehoboam — Rehoboam
Lasciviousness · .Rehoboam — .Rehoboam
Maachah · .Mother of Abijam and grandmother of Asa — .Mother of Abijam and grandmother of Asa
Polygamy · Rehoboam — Rehoboam
Rehoboam · Builds fortified cities; is temporarily prosperous — Builds fortified cities; is temporarily prosperous

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 11:13–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 11:21

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 11:21

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 11:21

Tyndale Open Study Notes

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Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 11:13–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 11:21

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 11:21

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 11:21

Tyndale Open Study Notes

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Rashi on 2 Chronicles 11:18