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Texts -- 2 Chronicles 11:20-23 (NET)

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11:20 He later married Maacah the daughter of Absalom . She bore to him Abijah , Attai , Ziza , and Shelomith . 11:21 Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than his other wives and concubines . He had eighteen wives and sixty concubines ; he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters . 11:22 Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as the leader over his brothers , for he intended to name him his successor . 11:23 He wisely placed some of his many sons throughout the regions of Judah and Benjamin in the various fortified cities . He supplied them with abundant provisions and acquired many wives for them.

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  • Maachah

    [ebd] oppression, a small Syrian kingdom near Geshur, east of the Hauran, the district of Batanea (Josh. 13:13; 2 Sam. 10:6,8; 1 Chr. 19:7). (2.) A daughter of Talmai, king of the old native population of Geshur. She became one of...
    [smith] (oppression). The daughter of Nahor by his concubine Beumah. (Genesis 22:24) The father of Achish who was king of Gath at the beginning of Solomon?s reign. (1 Kings 2:39) The daughter, or more probably granddaughter, of A...
    [nave] MAACHAH 1. Son of Nahor, Gen. 22:24. 2. Called also Maacah. Mother of Absalom, 2 Sam. 3:3; 1 Chr. 3:2. 3. Called also Maoch. Father of Achish, 1 Sam. 27:2; 1 Kin. 2:39. 4. Called also Michaiah. Mother of Abijam and grandm...

  • Rehoboam

    [isbe] REHOBOAM - re-ho-bo'-am (rechabh`am, "the people is enlarged," or perhaps "Am is wide" Rhoboam; "Roboam," Mt 1:7 the King James Version): 1. The Disruption of the Kingdom 2. Underlying Causes of Disruption 3. Shemaiah Forbid...
    [nave] REHOBOAM Successor to Solomon as king, 1 Kin. 11:43; 2 Chr. 9:31. Refuses to reform abuses, 1 Kin. 12:1-15; 2 Chr. 10:1-15. Ten tribes, under leadership of Jeroboam, successfully revolt from, 1 Kin. 12:16-24; 2 Chr. 10:16-...

  • ABIJAH

    [ebd] father (i.e., "possessor or worshipper") of Jehovah. (1.) 1 Chr. 7:8. (2.) 1 Chr. 2:24. (3.) The second son of Samuel (1 Sam. 8:2; 1 Chr. 6:28). His conduct, along with that of his brother, as a judge in Beer-sheba, to which...
    [isbe] ABIJAH - a-bi'-ja ('abhiyah or 'abhiyahu (2 Ch 13:20,21), "my father is Yahweh," or "Yahweh is father"): The name of six or more men and two women in the Old Testament. (1) The seventh son of Becher the son of Benjamin (1 Ch...

  • Israel

    [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...

  • Polygamy

    [nave] POLYGAMY Forbidden, Deut. 17:17; Lev. 18:18; Mal. 2:14, 15; Matt. 19:4, 5; Mark 10:2-8; 1 Tim. 3:2, 12; Tit. 1:6. Authorized, 2 Sam. 12:8. Tolerated, Ex. 21:10; 1 Sam. 1:2; 2 Chr. 24:3. Practiced, Job 27:15; by Lamech, Ge...

  • Ziza

    [ebd] splendour; abundance. (1.) A Simeonite prince (1 Chr. 4:37-43). (2.) A son of Rehoboam (2 Chr. 11:20).
    [isbe] ZIZA - zi'-za (ziza', probably a childish reduplicated abbreviation or a term of endearment (Curtis, Chron., 369, quoting Noldeke in EB, III 3294)): (1) A Simeonite chief (1 Ch 4:37). (2) A son of King Rehoboam, his mother b...
    [smith] (shining). Son of Shiphi, a chief of the Simeonites in the reign of Hezekiah. (1 Chronicles 4:37) (B.C. about 725.) Son of Rehoboam by Maachah the granddaughter of Absalom. (2 Chronicles 11:20) (B.C. after 973.)
    [nave] ZIZA 1. A Simeonite, 1 Chr. 4:37. 2. Son of Rehoboam, 2 Chr. 11:20.

  • CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

    [isbe] CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF - kron'-i-k'-ls (dibhere ha-yamim, "The Words of the Days"; Septuagint paraleipomenon: 1. The Name 2. The Position of Chronicles in the Old Testament 3. Two Books, or One? 4. The Contents 5. Sources Bibl...

  • HEIR

    [isbe] HEIR - ar: 1. The Word "Heir": In the New Testament "heir" is the invariable translation of kleronomos (15 times), the technical equivalent in Greek, and of the compound sunkleronomos, "co-heir," in Rom 8:17; Eph 3:6; Heb 11...

  • Attai

    [isbe] ATTAI - at'-ta-i at'-i `attay, "timely?"): (1) A son of Jarha, the Egyptian, by a daughter of Sheshan (1 Ch 2:35 f). (2) A Gadite soldier who joined David's army at Ziklag (1 Ch 12:11). (3) A son of Rehoboam and grandson of ...
    [smith] (opportune). Grandson of Sheshan the Jerahmeelite through his daughter Ahlai, whom he gave in marriage to Jarha, his Egyptian slave. (1 Chronicles 2:35,36) His grandson Zabad was one of David?s mighty men. (1 Chronicle...
    [nave] ATTAI 1. A Gadite warrior, 1 Chr. 12:11. 2. Son of Rehoboam, 2 Chr. 11:20. 3. Grandson of Sheshan, 1 Chr. 2:35, 36.

  • Lasciviousness

    [nave] LASCIVIOUSNESS. Ex. 32:6; Prov. 2:16-18; Prov. 5:3-5, 8-13; Prov. 7:6-27; Prov. 9:13-18; Prov. 20:16; Prov. 30:18-20; Joel 3:3; Mark 7:21-23; Rom. 1:22-29; Rom. 7:8; Rom. 13:13; 1 Cor. 6:9, 10, 13, 15-18; 1 Cor. 9:27; 2 Cor...

  • ABISHALOM

    [smith] (father of peace), father or grandfather of Maachah, who was the wife of Rehoboam and mother of Abijah. (1 Kings 15:2,10) He is called Absalom in (2 Chronicles 11:20,21) This person must be David?s son. See LXX.; (2 ...

  • Absalom

    [nave] ABSALOM, called also Abishalom. Son of David by Maacah, 2 Sam. 3:3; 1 Chr. 3:2. Beauty of, 2 Sam. 14:25. Slays Amnon, 2 Sam. 13:22-29. Flees to Geshur, 2 Sam. 13:37, 38. Is permitted by David to return to Jerusalem, 2 Sa...

  • Concubinage

    [nave] CONCUBINAGE. Laws Concerning Ex. 21:7-11; Lev. 19:20-22; Deut. 21:10-14. Concubines might be dismissed, Gen. 21:9-14. Called Wives, Gen. 37:2; Judg. 19:3-5. Children of, not heirs, Gen. 15:4; 21:10. Practiced by Abraha...

  • Abijam

    [nave] ABIJAM, called also Abijah and Abia. King of Judah, 1 Kin. 14:31; 15:1; 2 Chr. 12:16. History of, 1 Kin. 15:1-8; 2 Chr. 11:22; 13. Succeeded by Asa, 1 Kin. 15:8; 2 Chr. 14:1.

  • Shelomith

    [nave] SHELOMITH 1. Mother of a blasphemer, Lev. 24:11. 2. Daughter of Zerubbabel, 1 Chr. 3:19. 3. Son of Shimei, 1 Chr. 23:9. 4. A son of Izhar, 1 Chr. 23:18. Called Shelomoth, 1 Chr. 24:22. 5. A descendant of Eliezer, 1 Chr....

  • NUMBER

    [isbe] NUMBER - num'-ber: I. NUMBER AND ARITHMETIC II. NOTATION OF NUMBERS 1. By Words 2. By Signs 3. By Letters III. NUMBERS IN OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY IV. ROUND NUMBERS V. SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS 1. Seven and Its Multiples (1) Ritual U...

  • MAACAH; MAACHAH

    [isbe] MAACAH; MAACHAH - ma'-a-ka (ma`akhah): (1) Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Mocha; Codex Alexandrinus Mocha, daughter of Nahor, borne to him by Reumah (Gen 22:24). (2) Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Maacha; Codex Alexandrinus Maacha...

  • FENCE

    [isbe] FENCE - fens (batsar, mibhtsar): Commonly used in the King James Version in the description of fortified places, as the translation of batsar, "to cut off," "to separate," "to fortify" (and forms) (Dt 3:5; 9:1; 28:52, etc.);...

  • MAKE, MAKER

    [isbe] MAKE, MAKER - mak, mak'-er (`asah, nathan, sum; poieo, tithemi, kathistemi): 1. As Used in the Old Testament: "Make" is a frequently used word, meaning "to create," "construct," "cause," "constitute," etc., and represents di...

  • MICAIAH

    [isbe] MICAIAH - mi-ka'-ya, mi-ki'-a (mikhayahu, "who is like Yah?"; Meichaias): A frequently occurring Old Testament name occasionally contracted to MICA or MICAH (which see). In the King James Version it is usually spelled "Micha...
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