2 Chronicles 11:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.

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  • Deut 21:15-17 : 15 If a man has two wives, one beloved and another hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son is hers that was hated, 16 Then it shall be, when he makes his sons to inherit what he has, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, who is indeed the firstborn: 17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated as the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; 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. He was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned according to the birthright. 2 For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and from him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's.
  • 1 Chr 29:1 : 1 Furthermore, King David said to all the assembly, Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is still young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.

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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 for three years, because three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.

    18And Rehoboam took Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David as a wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse.

    19She bore him children: Jeush, Shamariah, and Zaham.

    20After her, he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom, who bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

    21Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines (for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and begat twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters).

  • 2 Chr 11:23
    75%

    23He acted wisely and dispersed of all his children throughout all the territories of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city, and he gave them provisions in abundance. And he desired many wives.

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

    21But Abijah became mighty, and married fourteen wives, and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

    22And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his deeds and 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 place.

  • 1 Kgs 15:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah.

    2He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

  • 1 Kgs 12:1
    70%

    1And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

  • 2 Chr 13:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

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

    2He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Michaiah, 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 for himself 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 your brother as his wife.

    22And King Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother—for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

  • 1 Kgs 14:31
    68%

    31And Rehoboam rested 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 place.

  • 1 Chr 3:10
    68%

    10And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia 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-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD chose 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.

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

  • 2 Chr 10:1
    67%

    1And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

  • 2 Chr 13:4
    67%

    4And Abijah stood upon Mount Zemaraim, which is in Mount Ephraim, and said, Listen to me, Jeroboam, and all Israel;

  • 1 Chr 28:4-5
    2 verses
    67%

    4However the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever: for he has 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 was pleased to make me king over all Israel:

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

  • 2 Chr 11:3
    67%

    3Speak to 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 who dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

  • 1 Kgs 12:17
    67%

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

  • 1 Kgs 12:6
    67%

    6And King Rehoboam consulted with the old men who stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do you advise that I should 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 do you give me to return an 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-one 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 did not prepare his heart to seek the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 22:1
    66%

    1And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had killed all the older sons. 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 made Amasa captain of the army instead of Joab: Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra, an Israelite, who 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 defense in Judah.

  • 2 Chr 11:1
    66%

    1When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he gathered from the house of Judah and Benjamin one hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom back to Rehoboam.

  • 2 Chr 13:7-8
    2 verses
    66%

    7And there gathered to him worthless men, sons of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not resist them.

    8And now you think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and you are a great multitude, and with you are golden calves, which Jeroboam made for you to be 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 Rehoboam had established the kingdom and 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 valor: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the work of the house of Joseph.

  • 1 Kgs 1:35
    65%

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

  • 1 Kgs 1:20
    65%

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

  • 1 Kgs 12:21
    65%

    21And when Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah with the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom back to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 12:27
    65%

    27If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people shall turn again to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 15:10
    65%

    10He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maachah, 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 Jeroboam, and took cities from him: Bethel with its towns, Jeshanah with its towns, and Ephrain with its towns.