Verse 3

And their father{H1} gave{H5414} them great{H7227} gifts,{H4979} of silver,{H3701} and of gold,{H2091} and of precious things,{H4030} with fortified{H4694} cities{H5892} in Judah:{H3063} but the kingdom{H4467} gave{H5414} he to Jehoram,{H3088} because he was the first-born.{H1060}

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 11:23 : 23 And he dealt wisely,{H995} and dispersed{H6555} of all his sons{H1121} throughout all the lands{H776} of Judah{H3063} and Benjamin,{H1144} unto every fortified{H4694} city:{H5892} and he gave{H5414} them victuals{H4202} in abundance.{H7230} And he sought{H7592} [for them] many{H1995} wives.{H802}
• Gen 25:6 : 6 But unto the sons{H1121} of the concubines,{H6370} that Abraham{H85} had, Abraham{H85} gave{H5414} gifts;{H4979} and he sent them away{H7971} from Isaac{H3327} his son,{H1121} while he yet lived,{H2416} eastward,{H6924} unto the east{H6924} country.{H776}
• Deut 21:15-17 : 15 If a man{H376} have two{H8147} wives,{H802} the one{H259} beloved,{H157} and the other{H259} hated,{H8130} and they have borne{H3205} him children,{H1121} both the beloved{H157} and the hated;{H8130} and if the first-born{H1060} son{H1121} be hers that was hated;{H8146} 16 then it shall be, in the day{H3117} that he causeth his sons{H1121} to inherit{H5157} that which he hath, that he may{H3201} not make the son{H1121} of the beloved{H157} the first-born{H1069} before{H6440} the son{H1121} of the hated,{H8130} who is the first-born:{H1060} 17 but he shall acknowledge{H5234} the first-born,{H1060} the son{H1121} of the hated,{H8130} by giving{H5414} him a double{H8147} portion{H6310} of all that he hath;{H4672} for he is the beginning{H7225} of his strength;{H202} the right{H4941} of the first-born{H1062} is his.
• 2 Chr 11:5 : 5 And Rehoboam{H7346} dwelt{H3427} in Jerusalem,{H3389} and built{H1129} cities{H5892} for defence{H4692} in Judah.{H3063}