2 Chronicles 11:22

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And Rehoboam made Abia the sonne of Maacha, the chiefe ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.

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  • Deut 21:15-17 : 15 If a man haue two wyues, one beloued, and another hated, and they haue borne hym children, both the loued and also the hated: If the first borne be the sonne of the hated: 16 Then when the tyme commeth that he dealeth his goodes among his children, he may not make the sonne of the beloued first borne, before the sonne of the hated, which is in deede the first borne: 17 But he shall knowe the sonne of the hated for the first borne, and geue hym dowble portion of all that he hath: For he is the first of his strength, and to hym belongeth the ryght of the first borne.
  • 1 Chr 5:1-2 : 1 The sonnes of Ruben, the eldest sonne of Israel (forasmuch as he was the eldest, & had defiled his fathers bedde, his birthright was geuen vnto the sonnes of Ioseph the sonne of Israel: Howbeit the genealogie is not reckened after this birthright. 2 For Iuda preuayled aboue his brethren, & of his tribe came the chiefe, and the birthright was geuen to Ioseph.)
  • 1 Chr 29:1 : 1 And Dauid the king saide vnto all the congregation: God hath specially chosen Solomon my sonne which is yet young & tender, & the worke is great: for the house shall not be for man, but for the Lorde God.

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

    17And so they strengthed the kingdome of Iuda, & made Rehoboam the sonne of Solomon mightie three yeres long: for three yeres they walked in the way of Dauid and Solomon.

    18And Rehoboam toke him Mahalath the daughter of Ierimoth the sonne of Dauid to wyfe, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the sonne of Isai.

    19Which bare him children, Ieus, Samaria, and Zaham.

    20And after her he toke Maacha the daughter of Absolon, which bare him Abia, Atthai, Ziza, and Selomith.

    21And Rehoboam loued Maacha the daughter of Absolo aboue al his wyues and concubines: for he toke eyghteene wyues and threescore concubines, and begat twentie and eyght sonnes & threescore daughters.

  • 2 Chr 11:23
    75%

    23And he played wyselie, and scattered all his children throughout al the countryes of Iuda and Beniamin vnto euery strong citie, and he gaue them aboundaunce of vittaile, and obtayned many wyues.

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

    21But Abia waxed mightie, and maryed foureteene wiues, and begat twentie and two sonnes, and sixteene daughters.

    22The rest of the actes of Abia, his maners and his sayinges, are written in the story of the prophete Iddo.

  • 2 Chr 12:16
    72%

    16And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the citie of Dauid, and Abia his sonne raigned in his steade.

  • 1 Kgs 15:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1In the eighteenth yere of king Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat, raigned Abiam ouer Iuda.

    2Three yeres raigned he in Hierusalem: and his mothers name was Maacha, the daughter of Abisalom.

  • 1 Kgs 12:1
    70%

    1And Rehoboam went to Siche: for all Israel were come to Sichem, to make him king.

  • 2 Chr 13:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1The eyghteenth yere of king Ieroboam began Abia to raigne ouer Iuda.

    2And he raigned three yeres in Hierusalem: (His mothers name also was Michaiahu, the daughter of Uriel of Gibea:) And ther was warre betweene Abia and Ieroboam.

  • 1 Kgs 1:5
    68%

    5And Adonia the sonne of Haggith exalted him selfe, saying: I wilbe king. And he gat him charettes and horsemen, and fyftie men to runne before him.

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

    21She sayde: Let Abisag the Sunamite be geuen to Adonia thy brother to wyfe.

    22And king Solomon aunswered and sayde vnto his mother: Why doest thou aske Abisag the Sunamite for Adonia? aske for him the kingdome also: for he is myne elder brother, and hath for him Abiathar the priest, and Ioab the sonne of Zaruia.

  • 1 Kgs 14:31
    68%

    31And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buryed besyde his fathers in the citie of Dauid: His mothers name was Naama, an Ammonite. And Abiam his sonne raigned in his steade.

  • 1 Chr 3:10
    68%

    10Solomons sonne was Rehoboam, whose sonne was Abia, and Asa was his sonne, and Iehosaphat his sonne,

  • 1 Kgs 14:21
    68%

    21Rehoboam the sonne of Solomon raigned in Iuda: and Rehoboam was fourtie and one yeres olde when he began to raigne, & he raigned seuenteene yeres in Hierusalem, the citie which the Lorde did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: His mothers name was Naama, an Ammonite.

  • 1 Kgs 15:7-8
    2 verses
    67%

    7The rest of the wordes that concerne Abiam, and all that he did, are they not written in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Iuda? And there was warre betweene Abiam & Ieroboam.

    8And Abiam slept with his fathers, & they buried him in the citie of Dauid: and Asa his sonne raigned in his steade.

  • 2 Chr 10:1
    67%

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

  • 2 Chr 13:4
    67%

    4And Abia stoode vp vpon Zemaraim, an hill which is in mount Ephraim, and saide: Heare me thou Ieroboam and al Israel.

  • 1 Chr 28:4-5
    2 verses
    67%

    4Moreouer the Lorde God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father, to be king ouer Israel for euer: for in Iuda would he choose a captaine, & of the householde of Iuda is the house of my father, & among the sonnes of my father he had a lust to me to make me king ouer all Israel.

    5And of all my sonnes (for the Lorde hath geuen me many sonnes) he hath chosen Solomon my sonne, to sit vpon the seate of the kingdome of the Lorde in Israel.

  • 2 Chr 11:3
    67%

    3Speake vnto Rehoboam the sonne of Solomon king of Iuda, & to all them of Israel that are in Iuda and Beniamin, and say:

  • 2 Chr 10:17
    67%

    17So that Rehoboam raigned ouer no mo of the children of Israel then dwelt in the cities of Iuda.

  • 1 Kgs 12:17
    67%

    17Howebeit, ouer the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Iuda, dyd Rehoboam raigne still.

  • 1 Kgs 12:6
    67%

    6And king Rehoboam toke counsel with the olde men that stoode before Solomon his father, while he yet lyued, and sayd: What counsel geue ye, that I may haue matter to aunswere this people?

  • 2 Chr 10:6
    67%

    6And king Rehoboam counsailed with the elders that had stande before Solomon his father while he yet lyued, and he saide: what counsaile geue ye me, to aunswere this people againe?

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

    13And so king Rehoboam waxed mightie, & raigned in Hierusalem: And Rehoboam was one and fourtie yeres olde when he began to raigne, and he raigned seuenteene yeres in Hierusalem, the citie which the Lorde had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there: And his mothers name was Naama, an Ammonitesse.

    14And he did euill, because he prepared not his heart to seeke the Lorde.

  • 2 Chr 22:1
    66%

    1And the inhabiters of Hierusalem made Ahaziahu his young sonne king in his stead: For the men of warre that came with the hoast of the Arabians, had slayne all his eldest sonnes: And so Ahaziahu the sonne of Iehoram king of Iuda was made king.

  • Matt 1:7
    66%

    7Solomon begat Roboam, Roboam begat Abia, Abia begat Asa.

  • 2 Sam 17:25
    66%

    25And Absalom made Amasa captaine of the hoast in stede of Ioab: which Amasa, was a mans sonne named Iethra an Israelite, that went into Abigail the daughter of Nahas, sister to Zaruia Ioabs mother.

  • 2 Chr 11:5
    66%

    5And Rehoboam dwelt in Hierusalem, and built strong cities in Iuda.

  • 2 Chr 11:1
    66%

    1And when Rehoboam was come to Hierusalem, he gathered of the house of Iuda and Beniamin, nine score thousand chosen men of warre, to fight against Israel, & to bring the kingdome againe to Rehoboam.

  • 2 Chr 13:7-8
    2 verses
    66%

    7And there gathered to him lewde men, the children of Belial, and preuailed against Rehoboam the sonne of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tender hearted, and could not stand before them.

    8And now ye say, that ye be able to preuaile against the kingdome of the Lord, which is in the hande of the sonnes of Dauid, and ye be a great multitude, and haue the golden calues which Ieroboam made you for gods.

  • 2 Sam 14:1
    66%

    1Ioab ye sonne of Zaruia perceaued that the kynges heart was toward Absalom:

  • 2 Chr 12:1
    66%

    1And it came to passe, that when Rehoboam had stablished the kingdome & became mightie, he forsooke the law of the Lorde, and all Israel with him.

  • 1 Kgs 11:28
    65%

    28And this felowe Ieroboam was a man of strength & courage: And Solomon sawe the young man that he was able to do the worke, he made him ruler ouer all the charge of the house of Ioseph.

  • 1 Kgs 1:35
    65%

    35And then ye shall come vp after him, that he may come and sit vpo my seate, for he shalbe king in my steade: and I haue commaunded him to be captayne ouer Israel and Iuda.

  • 1 Kgs 1:20
    65%

    20And nowe my lorde O king, the eyes of all Israel wayte on thee, that thou shouldest tell them who ought to sit on the seate of my lord the king after him:

  • 1 Kgs 12:21
    65%

    21And when Rehoboam was come to Hierusalem, he gathered all the house of Iuda, with the tribe of Beniamin, an hundred and fourescore thousande of chosen men which were good warriours, to fight against the house of Israel, and to bring the kingdome againe to Rehoboam the sonne of Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 12:27
    65%

    27For if this people go vp and do sacrifice in the house of the Lorde at Hierusalem, then shall the heart of this people turne againe vnto their lorde Rehoboam king of Iuda, and so shal they kill me, and go againe to Rehoboam king of Iuda.

  • 1 Kgs 15:10
    65%

    10Fourtie & one yeres raigned he in Hierusalem: and his mothers name was Maacha, the daughter of Abisalom.

  • 1 Kgs 14:1
    65%

    1At that time Abia the sonne of Ieroboam fel sicke.

  • 2 Chr 13:19
    65%

    19And Abia folowed after Ieroboam, and toke cities from him, Bethel with the townes belonging thereto, Iesana with the townes that belonged thereto, and Ephron with her townes.