2 Chronicles 11:21

11:21 Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than his other wives and concubines. ¹  He had eighteen wives and sixty concubines; he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

2 Chronicles 25:4

25:4 However, he did not execute their sons. He obeyed the Lord’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses, ²  “Fathers must not be executed for what their sons do, ³  and sons must not be executed for what their fathers do. ⁴  A man must be executed only for his own sin.” ⁵ 

¹ sn Concubines were slave women in ancient Near Eastern societies who were the legal property of their master, but who could have legitimate sexual relations with their master. A concubine’s status was more elevated than a mere servant, but she was not free and did not have the legal rights of a free wife. The children of a concubine could, in some instances, become equal heirs with the children of the free wife. After the period of the Judges concubines may have become more of a royal prerogative (2 Sam 21:10-14; 1 Kgs 11:3).

² tn Heb “as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses which the Lord commanded, saying.”

³ tn Heb “on account of sons.”

⁴ tn Heb “on account of fathers.”

⁵ sn This law is recorded in Deut 24:16.