18 Then Rehoboam took for himself as wife Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, and of Abihail the daughter of kEliah the son of Jesse. 19 And she bore him children: Jeush, Shamariah, and Zaham. 20 After her he took lMaachah the 3granddaughter of mAbsalom; and she bore him nAbijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith. 21 Now Rehoboam loved Maachah the granddaughter of Absalom more than all his owives and his concubines; for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and begot twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. 22 And Rehoboam pappointed qAbijah the son of Maachah as chief, to be leader among his brothers; for he intended to make him king. 23 He dealt wisely, and 4dispersed some of his sons throughout all the territories of Judah and Benjamin, to every rfortified city; and he gave them provisions in abundance. He also sought many wives for them.
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