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2 Chronicles 11

2 Chron. 11:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Rehoboam
Rchab`am (Hebrew #7346)
a people has enlarged; Rechabam, an Israelite king
KJV usage: Rehoboam.
Pronounce: rekh-ab-awm'
Origin: from 7337 and 5971
loved
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
Maachah
Ma`akah (Hebrew #4601)
from 4600; depression; Maakah (or Maakath), the name of a place in Syria, also of a Mesopotamian, of three Israelites, and of four Israelitesses and one Syrian woman
KJV usage: Maachah, Maachathites. See also 1038.
Pronounce: mah-ak-aw'
Origin: or Mamakath (Josh. 13:13) {mah-ak-awth'}
the daughter
bath (Hebrew #1323)
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121)
of Absalom
'Abiyshalowm (Hebrew #53)
from 1 and 7965; father of peace (i.e. friendly); Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite
KJV usage: Abishalom, Absalom.
Pronounce: ab-ee-shaw-lome'
Origin: or (shortened) bAbshalowm {ab-shaw- lome'}
above all his wives
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
and his concubines
piylegesh (Hebrew #6370)
of uncertain derivation; a concubine; also (masculine) a paramour
KJV usage: concubine, paramour.
Pronounce: pee-leh'-ghesh
Origin: or pilegesh {pee-leh'-ghesh}
: (for he took
nasa' (Hebrew #5375)
a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}
eighteen
`asar (Hebrew #6240)
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
KJV usage: (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-)teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).
Pronounce: aw-sawr'
Origin: for 6235
shmoneh (Hebrew #8083)
feminine shmonah {shem-o-naw'}; or shmownah {shem-o-naw'}; apparently from 8082 through the idea of plumpness; a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the "perfect" seven); also (as ordinal) eighth
KJV usage: eight((-een, -eenth)), eighth.
Pronounce: shem-o-neh'
Origin: or shmowneh {shem-o-neh'}
wives
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
, and threescore
shishshiym (Hebrew #8346)
sixty
KJV usage: sixty, three score.
Pronounce: shish-sheem'
Origin: multiple of 8337
concubines
piylegesh (Hebrew #6370)
of uncertain derivation; a concubine; also (masculine) a paramour
KJV usage: concubine, paramour.
Pronounce: pee-leh'-ghesh
Origin: or pilegesh {pee-leh'-ghesh}
; and begat
yalad (Hebrew #3205)
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
KJV usage: bear, beget, birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
Pronounce: yaw-lad'
Origin: a primitive root
twenty
`esriym (Hebrew #6242)
twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
KJV usage: (six-)score, twenty(-ieth).
Pronounce: es-reem'
Origin: from 6235
and eight
shmoneh (Hebrew #8083)
feminine shmonah {shem-o-naw'}; or shmownah {shem-o-naw'}; apparently from 8082 through the idea of plumpness; a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the "perfect" seven); also (as ordinal) eighth
KJV usage: eight((-een, -eenth)), eighth.
Pronounce: shem-o-neh'
Origin: or shmowneh {shem-o-neh'}
sons
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
, and threescore
shishshiym (Hebrew #8346)
sixty
KJV usage: sixty, three score.
Pronounce: shish-sheem'
Origin: multiple of 8337
daughters
bath (Hebrew #1323)
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121)
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More on:

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Absalom,
Concubines,
Daughter,
Maacah; Maachah,
Rehoboam,
Wife

Cross References

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eighteen wives.
2 Chron. 11:23• 23And 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. (2 Chron. 11:23)
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Deut. 17:17• 17Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. (Deut. 17:17)
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Judg. 8:30• 30And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives. (Judg. 8:30)
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2 Sam. 3:2‑5• 2And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
 3And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
 4And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
 5And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron. (2 Sam. 3:2‑5)
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2 Sam. 5:13• 13And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. (2 Sam. 5:13)
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1 Kings 11:3• 3And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. (1 Kings 11:3)
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1 Chron. 3:1‑9• 1Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess:
 2The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
 3The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.
 4These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.
 5And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel:
 6Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,
 7And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
 8And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
 9These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister. (1 Chron. 3:1‑9)
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Song of Sol. 6:8‑9• 8There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.
 9My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her. (Song of Sol. 6:8‑9)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines; for he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he begot twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.