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2 Chronicles 11:22

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Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, the prince among his brothers; for he intended to make him king.

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2 Chronicles 11:22 in other translations

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.

2 Chronicles 11:22 · American Standard Version

2 Chronicles 11:22 in context

  1. 20After her, he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
  2. 21Rehoboam 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.
  3. 22Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, the prince among his brothers; for he intended to make him king.
  4. 23He dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city. He gave them food in abundance and he sought many wives for them.