2 Chronicles 11:22

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

2 Chronicles 11:22

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.

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KJV

King James Version

And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, [to be] ruler among his brethren: for [he thought] to make him king.

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WEB

World English Bible

Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, the prince among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, [even] the prince among his brethren; for [he was minded] to make him king.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

2 Chronicles 11

²⁰ After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

²¹ Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

²² Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.

²³ Rehoboam also acted wisely by dispersing some of his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions and sought many wives for them.

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