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2 Chronicles 11:20

Then Rehoboam married Maacah. Maacah was Absalom's granddaughter. And Maacah gave Rehoboam these children: Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Absalom;   Attai;   Maachah;   Polygamy;   Rehoboam;   Shelomith;   Ziza;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Abijah;   Maacah or Maachah;   Marriage;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Abijah;   Maachah;   Ziza;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abihail;   Attai;   Maachah;   Tamar (2);   Uriel;   Ziza;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Shelomith;   Ziza;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Attai;   Chronicles, I;   Maacah;   Shelomith;   Ziza;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Abijah ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Abishalom ;   Attai ;   Maacah, Maachah ;   Michaiah ;   Rehoboam ;   Shelomith ;   Ziza ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Shemaiah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Maachah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Abish'alom;   At'ta-I;   Ma'achah;   U'ri-El;   Zi'za;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Abijah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abijah;   Attai;   Chronicles, Books of;   Maacah;   Micaiah;   Queen Mother;   Rehoboam;   Ziza;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abijah;   Attai;   Maacah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom. She bore Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith to him.
Hebrew Names Version
After her he took Ma`akhah the daughter of Avshalom; and she bore him Aviyah, and `Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomit.
King James Version
And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
English Standard Version
After her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom, who bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
New Century Version
Then Rehoboam married Absalom's daughter Maacah, and she gave Rehoboam these children: Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
New English Translation
He later married Maacah the daughter of Absalom. She bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
Amplified Bible
After her he took Maacah the daughter (granddaughter) of Absalom, and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
New American Standard Bible
After her he married Maacah the daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
World English Bible
After her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And after her he tooke Maakah ye daughter of Absalom which bare him Abiiah, and Atthai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
Legacy Standard Bible
And after her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom, and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
Berean Standard Bible
After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
Contemporary English Version
Then Rehoboam married Maacah the daughter of Absalom. Their sons were Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
Complete Jewish Bible
After her, he married Ma‘akhah the daughter of Avshalom; she became the mother of Aviyah, ‘Atai, Ziza and Shlomit.
Darby Translation
And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
George Lamsa Translation
And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom, which bore him Abijah and Attai and Ziza and Shelomith.
Good News Translation
Later he married Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, and they had four sons: Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
Lexham English Bible
And after her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom, who bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
Literal Translation
And after her, he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
After her toke he Maecha the doughter of Absalom, which bare him Abia, Athai Sisa and Selomith.
American Standard Version
And after her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
Bible in Basic English
And after her he took Maacah, the daughter of Absalom; and she had Abijah and Attai and Ziza and Shelomith by him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And after her he toke Maacha the daughter of Absolon, which bare him Abia, Atthai, Ziza, and Selomith.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And after her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
King James Version (1611)
And after her, hee tooke Maacah the daughter of Absalom, which bare him Abiiah, and Atthai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And afterwards he took to himself Maacha the daughter of Abessalom; and she bore him Abia, and Jetthi, and Zeza, and Salemoth.
English Revised Version
And after her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also after this wijf he took Maacha, the douyter of Abissalon, and sche childide to hym Abia, and Thai, and Ziza, and Salomyth.
Update Bible Version
And after her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
Webster's Bible Translation
And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; who bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
New King James Version
After her he took Maacah the granddaughter 2 Chronicles 13:2)">[fn] of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
New Living Translation
Later Rehoboam married another cousin, Maacah, the granddaughter of Absalom. Maacah gave birth to Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
New Life Bible
After her he married Maacah the daughter of Absalom. She gave birth to his sons: Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
New Revised Standard
After her he took Maacah daughter of Absalom, who bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, after her, he took Maacah, daughter of Absolom, - and she bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And after her he married Maacha the daughter of Absalom, who bore him Abia, and Ethai, and Ziza, and Salomith.
Revised Standard Version
After her he took Ma'acah the daughter of Ab'salom, who bore him Abi'jah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelo'mith.
Young's Literal Translation
And after her he hath taken Maachah daughter of Absalom, and she beareth to him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
After her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom, and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza and Shelomith.

Contextual Overview

13 The priests and the Levites from all over Israel agreed with Rehoboam and joined him. 14 The Levites left their grasslands and their own fields and came to Judah and Jerusalem. The Levites did this because Jeroboam and his sons refused to let them serve as priests to the Lord . 15 Jeroboam chose his own priests to serve in the high places, where he set up the goat and calf idols he had made. 16 When the Levites left Israel, the people in all the tribes of Israel who were faithful to the Lord , the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the Lord , the God of their fathers. 17 These people made the kingdom of Judah strong, and they supported Solomon's son Rehoboam for three years. They did this because during that time they lived the way David and Solomon had lived. 18 Rehoboam married Mahalath. Her father was Jerimoth. Her mother was Abihail. Jerimoth was David's son. Abihail was Eliab's daughter, and Eliab was Jesse's son. 19 Mahalath gave Rehoboam these sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham. 20 Then Rehoboam married Maacah. Maacah was Absalom's granddaughter. And Maacah gave Rehoboam these children: Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith. 21 Rehoboam loved Maacah more that he loved all his other wives and slave women. Rehoboam had 18 wives and 60 slave women. He was the father of 28 sons and 60 daughters. 22 Rehoboam chose Abijah to be the leader among his own brothers. He did this because he planned to make Abijah king.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Maachah: 2 Chronicles 11:21, 2 Chronicles 13:2, Michaiah the daughter of Uriel

Absalom: 1 Kings 15:2, Abishalom

Abijah: 2 Chronicles 12:16, 1 Kings 15:1, Abijam, Matthew 1:7, Abia

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 15:10 - mother's 1 Chronicles 2:35 - Attai Daniel 5:2 - father

Cross-References

Luke 3:35
Nahor was the son of Serug. Serug was the son of Reu. Reu was the son of Peleg. Peleg was the son of Eber. Eber was the son of Shelah.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And after he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom,.... Thought by some to be Absalom the son of David, his father's brother, and his uncle, and so married his cousin; but Absalom seems to have had but one daughter, whose name was Tamar, 2 Samuel 14:27, and the name of this man is different from his; he is called Abishalom, 1 Kings 15:2

and Uriel of Gibeah; 2 Chronicles 13:2, of the tribe of Benjamin, whereas Absalom was of the tribe of Judah:

which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith: Abijah the firstborn, and who was successor in the kingdom, is the same with Abijam, 1 Kings 14:31 of the rest we nowhere else read.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Maachah the daughter of Absalom - Rather, “grand-daughter” (see the 1 Kings 15:2 note).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 11:20. Maachah the daughter of Absalom1 Kings 15:10. She is called Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel, 2 Chronicles 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."


 
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