2 Chronicles 11:21

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
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eighteen wives: 2 Chronicles 11:23, Deuteronomy 17:17, Judges 8:30, 2 Samuel 3:2-5, 2 Samuel 5:13, 1 Kings 11:3, 1 Chronicles 3:1-9, Song of Solomon 6:8, Song of Solomon 6:9

Reciprocal: Judges 19:1 - a concubine 1 Kings 15:2 - Abishalom 1 Kings 15:10 - mother's 2 Chronicles 11:20 - Maachah 2 Chronicles 13:21 - fourteen wives Ecclesiastes 6:3 - a man

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines, c] Who is called Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel, 2 Chronicles 13:2,

for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines led thereunto by the example of his father Solomon, contrary to the command of God, Deuteronomy 17:17

and begat twenty eight sons and sixty daughters; to have many children was reckoned a great blessing, but it was not honourable to have them in such a way.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 11:21. Eighteen wives and threescore concubines — Bad enough, but not so abandoned as his father. Of these marriages and concubinage the issue was twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters; eighty-eight children in the whole, to the education of the whole of whom he could pay but little attention. Numerous families are often neglected; and children by different women, must be yet in a worse state.