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2 Chronicles 11:21

2 Chronicles 11:21 Rehoboam H7346 loved H157 (H8799) Maachah H4601 granddaughter H1323 Absalom H53 wives H802 concubines H6370 took H5375 (H8804) eighteen H8083 H6240 wives H802 sixty H8346 concubines H6370 begot H3205 (H8686) twenty-eight H6242 H8083 sons H1121 sixty H8346 daughters H1323

eighteen wives - 2 Chronicles 11:23; Deuteronomy 17:17; Judges 8:30; 2 Samuel 3:2-5, 2 Samuel 5:13; 1 Kings 11:3; 1 Chronicles 3:1-9; Song of Solomon 6:8-9

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See also 2 Chronicles 11:21 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 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_...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    III. THE HISTORY OF THE KINGS OF JUDAH:EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE CAPTIVITY 1. Decline and Apostasy under Rehoboam, Abijah and Asa CHAPTER 11 Rehoboam's Reign _ 1. The forbidden war (2 Chronicles 11:...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    SHEMAIAH RESTRAINS REHOBOAM FROM ATTACKING JEROBOAM (see notes on 1 Kings 12:21). The variations between the two records are unimportant. 2 CHRONICLES 11:5. REHOBOAM ESTABLISHES HIMSELF IN JERUSALEM...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    FOR. Note the Figure of speech _Parenthesis._...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Prosperity of Rehoboam This section has no corresponding section in 1 Kin. On the other hand the Chronicler omits three important sections of 1 Kings 12:25-33 (the setting up of the golden calves...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2. THE REIGN OF REHOBOAM (11-12) TEXT 2 Chronicles 11:1. And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, that were...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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 DAUG...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    REIGN OF REHOBOAM (CONTINUED) This chapter repeats the substance of 1 Kings 12:21, and adds much information relating to Rehoboam's buildings, the withdrawal of the Levites from the kingdom of Jerobo...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 11 *ISRAEL AND JUDAH ARE AT PEACE – 2 CHRONICLES 11:1-4 v1

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    LOVED MAACHAH. — She probably inherited her mother’s and grandfather’s beauty. FOR HE TOOK — _Nâsâ’,_ as in 2 Chronicles 13:21; a later usage instead of _lâqah._ AND THREESCORE CONCUBINES. — Josephus...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֶּאֱהַ֨ב רְחַבְעָ֜ם אֶת ־מַעֲכָ֣ה בַת ־אַ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    REHOBOAM AND ABIJAH: THE IMPORTANCE OF RITUAL 2 Chronicles 10:1; 2 Chronicles 11:1; 2 Chronicles 12:1;...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Then God interfered. No human folly has even been permitted to continue long enough to thwart His purpose. Shemaiah, a prophet of God, declared to Rehoboam that the revolt was in the divine plan. Reho...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    There is very little more to be gathered from the character of this prince than that he wisely preferred peace to war. Indeed the shelter he gave to the priests and Levites is much to his honour. No d...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10, 11, AND 12. Solomon's faults are not related here for reasons which we have already pointed out; but the history of Rehoboam shows us the immediate fall...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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 CON...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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 daugh...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Rehoboam raising an armie to subdue Israel, is forbidden by Shemaiah. 5 He strengtheneth his kingdome with forts and prouision. 13 The Priests and Leuites, and such as feared God, forsaken by Iero...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Rehoboam's Worship, Idolatry, and Family...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Rehoboam loved Maachah, the daughter of Absalom, above all his wives and his concubines (for he took eighteen wives and threescore concubines, having a full harem according to Oriental custom, AND...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD FORBIDS REHOBOAM TO ATTACK ISRAEL (vv.1-4) When Rehoboam saw his kingdom so largely torn away from him, he assembled an army of 180,000 warriors of Judah and Benjamin (for Benjamin remained wit...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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 w...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Rehoboam returns to Jerusalem. Jeroboam rejects the worship of God. CHARACTERS: God, Rehoboam, Jeroboam, Ahijah, Shamaiah. CONCLUSION: It is dangerous to undertake anything contrary to the...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    2 Chronicles 11:15. _For the devils._ שׁעירים _sheîrim,_ the hairy ones. The goat was worshipped in Egypt as well as the calf....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 11:5 This information comes from a source other than 1–2 Kings. It illustrates the blessings that come to the southern kingdom (Judah) as they obey the word of the Lo...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 11:18 The growth of Rehoboam’s family is a sign of God’s blessing on him. These details must refer to the whole of his 17-year reign, and not just the three-year peri...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] Rehoboam forbidden to war (2 Chronicles 11:1). This section a repetition in abbreviated form of 1 Kings 12:21. Remainder of chapter new matter. Rehoboam fortifies many towns (2 Chroni...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION The first four verses of this chapter would have been better placed as the conclusion of the previous chapter. They correspond with 1 Kings 12:21-11; and they tell how Rehoboam was restrain...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 3:1; 1 Kings 11:3; 2 Chronicles 11:23; 2 Samuel 3:2;...

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