2 Chronicles 11:23

his children throughout all the countries R.V. his sons throughout all the lands, i.e. the territory of Judah; cp. 1 Chronicles 13:2 (R.V. mg.).

And he desired many wives Render (with R.V. mg.), And he sought a multitude of wives. It is difficult to say whether or no the Chronicler has Deuteronomy 17:17 in his mind and is implicitly blaming the king. In any case he goes on in the next verse to say that Rehoboam forsook the law of the Lord. It is however probable that a word has fallen out of the Hebrew text and that the text ran originally thus, And he soughtfor them (i.e. for his sons) a multitude of wives. Rehoboam's own conjugal matters have been already described in 2 Chronicles 11:21.