2 Chronicles 11:22

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, [to be] ruler among his brethren: for [he thought] to make him king.

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  • Deut 21:15-17 : 15 ¶ If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, [both] the beloved and the hated; and [if] the firstborn son be hers that was hated: 16 Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit [that] which he hath, [that] he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, [which is indeed] the firstborn: 17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated [for] the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he [is] the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn [is] his.
  • 1 Chr 5:1-2 : 1 ¶ Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he [was] the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, 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 chief ruler; but the birthright [was] Joseph's:)
  • 1 Chr 29:1 : 1 ¶ Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, 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 the LORD 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 three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.

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

    19Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.

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

    21And 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 daughters.)

  • 2 Chr 11:23
    75%

    23And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.

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

    21But Abijah waxed mighty, and married 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 story 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%

    1¶ Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.

    2Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

  • 1 Kgs 12:1
    70%

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

  • 2 Chr 13:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1¶ Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.

    2He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also [was] Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

  • 1 Kgs 1:5
    68%

    5¶ Then 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 an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.

  • 1 Chr 3:10
    68%

    10¶ And Solomon's son [was] Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

  • 1 Kgs 14:21
    68%

    21¶ And 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 the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name [was] Naamah an Ammonitess.

  • 1 Kgs 15:7-8
    2 verses
    67%

    7Now 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%

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

  • 2 Chr 13:4
    67%

    4And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which [is] in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;

  • 1 Chr 28:4-5
    2 verses
    67%

    4Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah [to be] the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make [me] king over all Israel:

    5And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD 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 which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

  • 1 Kgs 12:6
    67%

    6And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer 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%

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

    14And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 22:1
    66%

    1¶ And 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 Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;

  • 2 Sam 17:25
    66%

    25And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa [was] a man's son, whose name [was] Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail 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%

    1¶ And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen [men], which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

  • 2 Chr 13:7-8
    2 verses
    66%

    7And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.

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

  • 2 Sam 14:1
    66%

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

  • 2 Chr 12:1
    66%

    1¶ And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.

  • 1 Kgs 11:28
    65%

    28And the man Jeroboam [was] a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

  • 1 Kgs 1:35
    65%

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

  • 1 Kgs 1:20
    65%

    20And thou, my lord, O 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, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which 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 do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, [even] unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again 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] Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

  • 1 Kgs 14:1
    65%

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

  • 2 Chr 13:19
    65%

    19And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.