2 Chronicles 11:23
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.
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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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.
- WEB
- He dealt wisely, and dispersed some of his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city. He gave them food in abundance; and he sought many wives for them.
- ASV
- And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fortified city: and he gave them victuals in abundance. And he sought [for them] many wives.
- DARBY
- And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all the fortified cities; and he gave them food in abundance. And he desired [for them] a multitude of wives.
- BLB
- And He dealt wisely, and he scattered all his sons throughout all the territories of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city, and he gave to them provisions in abundance and sought [for them] many wives.
- ÅB
- Og han lot klokelig alle sine sønner bo rundt om i hele Judas og Benjamins land, i alle de faste byer, og gav dem rikelig underhold og sørget for at de fikk seg en mengde hustruer.
[^1]: d.e. etterfølgere.
[^2]: 3MO 17, 7.
[^3]: prestene og levittene, 2KR 11, 13. 14. - OTB
- Han handlet klokt og fordelte noen av sine sønner til alle områdene i Juda og Benjamin, til alle de befestede byene. Og han forsynte dem med rikelige forsyninger og søkte mange koner for dem.
- B1930
- Og han lot klokelig alle sine sønner bo rundt om i hele Judas og Benjamins land, i alle de faste byer, og gav dem rikelig underhold og sørget for at de fikk sig en mengde hustruer.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 10:8–15
But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
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But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.
Read in context1 Kings 1:5–6
At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.
Read in contextLuke 16:8
The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.
Read in context2 Chronicles 21:3
Their father had given them many gifts of silver and gold and precious things, as well as the fortified cities in Judah; but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.
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