2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 11:21
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.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rehoboam | רְחַבְעָ֜ם | rə·ḥaḇ·‘ām | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H7346 Rehoboam |
| loved | וַיֶּאֱהַ֨ב | way·ye·’ĕ·haḇ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H157 love |
| Maacah | מַעֲכָ֣ה | ma·‘ă·ḵāh | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H4601 Maakah |
| daughter | בַת־ | ḇaṯ- | Noun - feminine singular construct | H1323 daughter |
| of Absalom | אַבְשָׁל֗וֹם | ’aḇ·šā·lō·wm | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H53 Abshalom |
| more than all | מִכָּל־ | mik·kāl | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| his wives | נָשָׁיו֙ | nā·šāw | Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine singular | H802 woman, wife, female |
| and concubines | וּפִ֣ילַגְשָׁ֔יו | ū·p̄î·laḡ·šāw | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine singular | H6370 concubine |
| In all | נָשָׂ֔א | nā·śā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H5375 lift, take, carry |
| he had | נָשָׂ֔א | nā·śā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H5375 lift, take, carry |
| eighteen | שְׁמוֹנֶֽה־ | šə·mō·w·neh- | Number - feminine singular | H8083 eight |
| wives | נָשִׁ֤ים | nā·šîm | Noun - feminine plural | H802 woman, wife, female |
| and sixty | שִׁשִּׁ֑ים | šiš·šîm | Number - common plural | H8346 sixty |
| concubines | וּפִֽילַגְשִׁ֖ים | ū·p̄î·laḡ·šîm | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural | H6370 concubine |
| and he was the father | וַיּ֗וֹלֶד | way·yō·w·leḏ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H3205 bear, bring forth, beget |
| of twenty-eight | עֶשְׂרִ֧ים | ‘eś·rîm | Number - common plural | H6242 (a) twenty |
| sons | בָּנִ֖ים | bā·nîm | Noun - masculine plural | H1121 son |
| and sixty | וְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים | wə·šiš·šîm | Conjunctive waw; Number - common plural | H8346 sixty |
| daughters | בָּנֽוֹת׃ | bā·nō·wṯ | Noun - feminine plural | H1323 daughter |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
1 Kings 11:3 · Judges 8:30 · Deuteronomy 17:17 · 2 Samuel 3:2–5 · 2 Samuel 5:13 · Song of Solomon 6:8–9 · 2 Chronicles 11:23 · 1 Chronicles 3:1–9
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.