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Rehoboam’s Family and Succession Planning
2 Chronicles 11:18-23
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And Rehoboam taketh to him a wife, Mahalath, child of Jerimoth son of David, and Abigail daughter of Eliab, son of Jesse.
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And she beareth to him sons, Jeush, and Shamaria, and Zaham.
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And after her he hath taken Maachah daughter of Absalom, and she beareth to him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
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And Rehoboam loveth Maachah daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines--for eighteen wives he hath taken, and sixty concubines--and he begetteth twenty and eight sons, and sixty daughters.
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And Rehoboam appointeth for head Abijah son of Maachah, for leader among his brethren, for to cause him to reign.
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And he hath understanding, and spreadeth out of all his sons to all lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all cities of the bulwarks, and giveth to them provision in abundance; and he asketh a multitude of wives.
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