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 19:2

19:2 the prophet ²  Jehu son of Hanani confronted him; ³  he said to King Jehoshaphat, “Is it right to help the wicked and be an ally of those who oppose the Lord? ⁴  Because you have done this the Lord is angry with you! ⁵ 

2 Chronicles 26:10

26:10 He built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns, for he owned many herds in the lowlands ⁶  and on the plain. He had workers in the fields and vineyards in the hills and in Carmel, ⁷  for he loved agriculture. ⁸ 

[11:21]  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).

[19:2]  ² tn Or “seer.”

[19:2]  ³ tn Heb “went out to his face.”

[19:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “and love those who hate the Lord?”

[19:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and because of this upon you is anger from before the Lord.”

[26:10]  ³ tn Heb “Shephelah.”

[26:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “workers and vinedressers in the hills and in Carmel.” The words “he had” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[26:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “for a lover of the ground he [was].”