2 Chronicles 11:18 BSB

2 Chronicles 11:18

And Rehoboam married Mahalath, who was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.

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ASV

And Rehoboam took him a wife, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

KJV

And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And Rehoboam took him Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth, the son of David, to wife,.... Of which son of David we nowhere else read; perhaps he might be the son of one of his concubines, or he might have two names: and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse; who was David's eldest brother. 1Sa 17:13. She must be a granddaughter or great-granddaughter of his.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

This is probably an extract from the “genealogies” of Iddo 2Ch 12:15. As Jerimoth is not mentioned among the legitimate sons of David 1Ch 3:1-8; 1Ch 14:4-7, he must have been the child of a concubine. Abihail was probably the “grand-daughter,” not “daughter,” of Eliab 1Sa 16:6; 1Sa 17:13; 1Ch 2:13.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּֽקַּֽח־	vai.yi.kach-	and he took	H3947 →
ל֤וֹ	lo	for himself
רְחַבְעָם֙	re.chav.'Am	Rehoboam	H7346 →
אִשָּׁ֔ה	'i.Shah	a wife	H802 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מָ֣חֲלַ֔ת	ma.cha.Lat	Mahalath	H4258 →
בַּת	ben	[the] daughter of	H1323 →
יְרִימ֖וֹת	ye.ri.Mot	Jerimoth	H3406 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
דָּוִ֑יד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
אֲבִיהַ֕יִל	'a.vi.Ha.yil	Abihail	H32 →
בַּת־	bat-	[the] daughter of	H1323 →
אֱלִיאָ֖ב	'e.li.'Av	Eliab	H446 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
יִשָֽׁי׃	yi.Shai	Jesse	H3448 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Chronicles 2:13
Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,
leads to
- 1 Samuel 17:13
  The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Through
1 Samuel 17:13
The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 2:13
  Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 17:28
  Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
1 Samuel 17:28
Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep…
leads to
- Matthew 10:36
  A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
- Genesis 37:11
  And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
- Genesis 37:8
  “Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.
- Proverbs 18:19
  An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.
- Genesis 37:4
  When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.

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