2 Chronicles 11:22

Contextual Overview

¹³ But all the priests and Levites living among the northern tribes of Israel sided with Rehoboam. ¹³ And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their border. ¹³ And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their border. ¹³ The priests and the Levites from all over Israel joined Rehoboam. ¹³ The priests and Levites who lived throughout Israel supported him, no matter where they resided. ¹³ And the priests and the Levites that [were] in all Israel resorted to him from all their borders. ¹³ The priests and the Levites who were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their border. ¹³Further, the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel took their stand with Rehoboam from all their districts. ¹³ And the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel presented themselves to him from all places where they lived. ¹³ Sotheli the preestis and dekenes, that weren in al Israel, camen to hym fro alle her seetis,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

made Abijah: Deuteronomy 21:15-17, 1 Chronicles 5:1, 1 Chronicles 5:2, 1 Chronicles 29:1

Reciprocal: Psalms 122:5 - the thrones

Cross-References

Joshua 24:2
And Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says the Lord , the God of Israel, ‘Long ago, your fathers lived beyond the Euphrates, Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nahor; and they served other gods.

Joshua 24:2
And Joshua said to all the people, This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, Your fathers dwelt of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.

Joshua 24:2
Joshua said to the people, "This is what the Lord , the God of Israel, says: Long ago your ancestors, including Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River, and they worshiped other gods.

Joshua 24:2
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.

Joshua 24:2
Then Joshua said to all the people, "Here's what the Lord , the God of Israel, says to you: ‘A long time ago your ancestors lived on the other side of the Euphrates River. Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, worshiped other gods.

Joshua 24:2
Joshua told all the people, "Here is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘In the distant past your ancestors lived beyond the Euphrates River, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor. They worshiped other gods,

Joshua 24:2
And Joshua said to all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, [even] Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.

Joshua 24:2
Joshua said to all the people, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.

Joshua 24:2
Joshua said to all the people, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says, 'Your fathers, including Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, lived beyond the [Euphrates] River in ancient times; and they served other gods.

Joshua 24:2
And he spak thus to the puple, The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, Youre fadris dwelliden at the bigynnyng biyende the flood Eufrates, Thare, the fadir of Abraham, and Nachor, and thei serueden alien goddis.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maacah the chief,.... The chief of all his sons, head over them, being the son of his most beloved wife, and her firstborn however, and perhaps might be of a greater capacity than the rest of his children:

to be ruler among his brethren; or over them; gave him greater authority, and intrusted him with more power, set him above them, and treated him as heir apparent to the crown: for he thought

to make him king; either to take him into partnership in the throne with him in his lifetime, or to appoint and declare him to be his successor.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeush was probably the oldest of Rehoboam’s sons, and should naturally and according to the provisions of the Law Deuteronomy 21:15-17 have been his heir. But Rehoboam’s affection for Maachah led him to transgress the Law.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 11:22. Made Abijah - the chief — Abijah certainly was not the first-born of Rehoboam; but as he loved Maachah more than any of his wives, so he preferred her son, probably through his mother's influence. In Deuteronomy 21:16, this sort of preference is forbidden; but Rehoboam had a sort of precedent in the preference shown by David to Solomon.