2 Chronicles 11:20
in 2 Chronicles 11After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And after her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
KJV
And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 11
Commentary
6 notes on this verseMaachah the daughter of Absalom - See the note on 1Ki 15:10. She is called Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel, 2Ch 13:2. For this the Targum gives the following reason: “Abijah reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Michaiah, daughter of Uriel of Gibeatha. She is the same as Michah, the daughter of Absalom; but, because she was an upright woman, her name was changed into the more excellent name Michaiah, and her fathers name into that of Uriel of Gibeatha, that the name of Absalom might not be remembered.
This site's exposition
bare him Abijah, and Attai
on 2 Chronicles 11:20-21
Maachah, daughter of Absalom, bears Abijah, Attai, Ziza and Shelomith, and Rehoboam loves her above all his other wives and concubines. The parenthesis totals the household: eighteen wives, threescore concubines, and twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters, the same pattern of multiplied wives Deut 17:17 forbade a king of Israel to pursue, though less extreme than his father Solomon's. 2 Chr 13:2 later calls this same woman Michaiah, daughter of Uriel, a discrepancy the commentators resolve by a second name or a grandfather counted as father, without agreement on which.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
), another from Jerimoth, David's son. In this he was more happy than his father, that he had many sons and daughters; whereas we read not of more than one son that his father had. One can scarcely imagine that he had no more; but, if he had, they were not worth mentioning; whereas several of Rehoboam's sons are here named (
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And after he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom,....
They had formerly sat loose to that family ( 2 Sam. xx. 1, 2 ), and now they quite threw it off, not considering how much it would weaken the common interest and take Israel down from that pitch of glory at which it had arrived in the last reign. But thus the kingdom must be corrected as well as the house of David.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Maachah the daughter of Absalom - Rather, “grand-daughter” (see the 1Ki 15:2 note).
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַחֲרֶ֣יהָ | veachareiha | and after her | H310 → | 715 times |
| לָקַ֔ח | lakach | he took | H3947 → | 966 times |
| אֶֽת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מַעֲכָ֖ה | maakhah | Maacah | H4601 → | 23 times |
| בַּת־ | bat- | [the] daughter of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם | ʾavshalom | Absalom | H53 → | |
| וַתֵּ֣לֶד | vateled | and she bore | H3205 → | 496 times |
| ל֗וֹ | lo | to him | ||
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲבִיָּה֙ | ʾaviyah | Abijah | H29 → | 25 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עַתַּ֔י | ʾatai | Attai | H6262 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| זִיזָ֖א | ziza' | Ziza | H2124 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁלֹמִֽית׃ | shelomit | Shelomith | H8019 → |
וְאַחֲרֶ֣יהָand after her
veachareihaH310 →715 times
לָקַ֔חhe took
lakachH3947 →966 times
אֶֽת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מַעֲכָ֖הMaacah
maakhahH4601 →23 times
בַּת־[the] daughter of
bat-H1323 →588 times
אַבְשָׁל֑וֹםAbsalom
ʾavshalomH53 →
וַתֵּ֣לֶדand she bore
vateledH3205 →496 times
ל֗וֹto him
lo
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֲבִיָּה֙Abijah
ʾaviyahH29 →25 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
עַתַּ֔יAttai
ʾataiH6262 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
זִיזָ֖אZiza
ziza'H2124 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
שְׁלֹמִֽית׃Shelomith
shelomitH8019 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Chronicles 11:21Rehoboam 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.
it leads to
- Judges 8:30
Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
- 1 Kings 11:3
He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.
- Deuteronomy 17:17
He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.
- 2 Samuel 5:13
After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
- 2 Samuel 3:2–5
And sons were born to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel;
- Judges 8:30
Through
2 Chronicles 13:2and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel; she was from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 15:6–7
And there was war between the houses of Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of Abijam’s life.
- 1 Kings 15:6–7
Through
Matthew 1:7Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 14:1–15
Then Abijah rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Asa reigned in his place, and in his days the land was at peace for ten years.
- 2 Chronicles 14:1–15
Through
2 Chronicles 12:16And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Abijah reigned in his place.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 14:29–31
As for the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, along with all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
- 1 Kings 14:29–31
About 2 Chronicles

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
