2 Chronicles 11:22

American Standard Version (1901)

And Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, [even] the prince among his brethren; for [he was minded] to make him king.

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  • Deut 21:15-17 : 15 If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated; 16 then it shall be, in the day that he causeth his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved the first-born before the son of the hated, who is the first-born: 17 but he shall acknowledge the first-born, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the first-born is his.
  • 1 Chr 5:1-2 : 1 And the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel (for he was the first-born; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's couch, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. 2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph's),
  • 1 Chr 29:1 : 1 And David the king said unto all the assembly, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for Jehovah God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 11:17-21
    5 verses
    78%

    17So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years; for they walked three years in the way of David and Solomon.

    18And Rehoboam took him a wife, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, [and of] Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

    19and she bare him sons: Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham.

    20And after her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

    21And Rehoboam loved Maacah 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.)

  • 2 Chr 11:23
    75%

    23And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fortified city: and he gave them victuals in abundance. And he sought [for them] many wives.

  • 2 Chr 13:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21But Abijah waxed mighty, and took unto himself fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.

    22And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the commentary of the prophet Iddo.

  • 2 Chr 12:16
    72%

    16And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.

  • 1 Kgs 15:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah.

    2Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

  • 1 Kgs 12:1
    70%

    1And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

  • 2 Chr 13:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.

    2Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

  • 1 Kgs 1:5
    68%

    5Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

  • 1 Kgs 2:21-22
    2 verses
    68%

    21And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

    22And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

  • 1 Kgs 14:31
    68%

    31And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.

  • 1 Chr 3:10
    68%

    10And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

  • 1 Kgs 14:21
    68%

    21And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

  • 1 Kgs 15:7-8
    2 verses
    67%

    7And the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

    8And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.

  • 2 Chr 10:1
    67%

    1And Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

  • 2 Chr 13:4
    67%

    4And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill-country of Ephraim, and said, Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel:

  • 1 Chr 28:4-5
    2 verses
    67%

    4Howbeit Jehovah, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be prince; and in the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel;

    5And of all my sons (for Jehovah hath given me many sons), he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel.

  • 2 Chr 11:3
    67%

    3Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

  • 2 Chr 10:17
    67%

    17But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

  • 1 Kgs 12:17
    67%

    17But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

  • 1 Kgs 12:6
    67%

    6And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?

  • 2 Chr 10:6
    67%

    6And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?

  • 2 Chr 12:13-14
    2 verses
    66%

    13So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

    14And he did that which was evil, because he set not his heart to seek Jehovah.

  • 2 Chr 22:1
    66%

    1And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead; for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.

  • Matt 1:7
    66%

    7and Solomon begat Rehoboam; and Rehoboam begat Abijah; and Abijah begat Asa;

  • 2 Sam 17:25
    66%

    25And Absalom set Amasa over the host instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, that went in to Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

  • 2 Chr 11:5
    66%

    5And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.

  • 2 Chr 11:1
    66%

    1And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, that were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

  • 2 Chr 13:7-8
    2 verses
    66%

    7And there were gathered unto him worthless men, base fellows, that strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could not withstand them.

    8And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of Jehovah in the hand of the sons of David; and ye are a great multitude, and there are with you the golden calves which Jeroboam made you for gods.

  • 2 Sam 14:1
    66%

    1Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.

  • 2 Chr 12:1
    66%

    1And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.

  • 1 Kgs 11:28
    65%

    28And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he gave him charge over all the labor of the house of Joseph.

  • 1 Kgs 1:35
    65%

    35Then ye shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead; and I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 1:20
    65%

    20And thou, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

  • 1 Kgs 12:21
    65%

    21And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, that were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 12:27
    65%

    27if this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem, then will the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 15:10
    65%

    10And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

  • 1 Kgs 14:1
    65%

    1At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.

  • 2 Chr 13:19
    65%

    19And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephron with the towns thereof.