2 Chronicles 11:22

World English Bible (2000)

Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, [even] the prince among his brothers; 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 firstborn son be hers who was hated; 16 then it shall be, in the day that he causes his sons to inherit that which he has, that he may not make the son of the beloved the firstborn before the son of the hated, who is the firstborn: 17 but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, 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 The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn; but, because he defiled his father's couch, his birthright was given to 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 brothers, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
  • 1 Chr 29:1 : 1 David the king said to all the assembly, "Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for Yahweh God.

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

    17 So 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.

    18 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;

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

    20 After her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

    21 Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)

  • 2 Chr 11:23
    75%

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

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

    21 But Abijah grew mighty, and took to himself fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons, and sixteen daughters.

    22 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%

    16 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%

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

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

  • 1 Kgs 12:1
    70%

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

  • 2 Chr 13:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

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

    2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. 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." Then he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

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

    21 She said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife."

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

  • 1 Kgs 14:31
    68%

    31 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. Abijam his son reigned in his place.

  • 1 Chr 3:10
    68%

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

  • 1 Kgs 14:21
    68%

    21 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 Yahweh 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%

    7 The rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

    8 Abijam 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%

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

  • 2 Chr 13:4
    67%

    4 Abijah stood up on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, "Hear me, Jeroboam and all Israel:

  • 1 Chr 28:4-5
    2 verses
    67%

    4 However Yahweh, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever. For he has 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.

    5 Of all my sons (for Yahweh has given me many sons), he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of Yahweh's kingdom over Israel.

  • 2 Chr 11:3
    67%

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

  • 2 Chr 10:17
    67%

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

  • 1 Kgs 12:17
    67%

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

  • 1 Kgs 12:6
    67%

    6 King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, "What counsel do you give me to return answer to this people?"

  • 2 Chr 10:6
    67%

    6 King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, "What counsel do you give 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 forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Yahweh had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

    14 He did that which was evil, because he didn't set his heart to seek Yahweh.

  • 2 Chr 22:1
    66%

    1 The inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his place; for the band of men who 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%

    7 Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa.

  • 2 Sam 17:25
    66%

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

  • 2 Chr 11:5
    66%

    5 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.

  • 2 Chr 11:1
    66%

    1 When Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

  • 2 Chr 13:7-8
    2 verses
    66%

    7 There were gathered to him worthless men, base fellows, who strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.

    8 "Now you think to withstand the kingdom of Yahweh in the hand of the sons of David; and you are a great multitude, and there are with you the 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 It happened, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Yahweh, and all Israel with him.

  • 1 Kgs 11:28
    65%

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

  • 1 Kgs 1:35
    65%

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

  • 1 Kgs 1:20
    65%

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

  • 1 Kgs 12:21
    65%

    21 When Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, and 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 again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 12:27
    65%

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

  • 1 Kgs 15:10
    65%

    10 Forty-one years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah 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%

    19 Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with its towns, and Jeshanah with its towns, and Ephron with its towns.