Skip to main content

2 Chronicles 11:22

And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.

KJV

Constituit vero in capite Abiam filium Maacha ducem super omnes fratres suos : ipsum enim regem facere cogitabat,

Vulgate

καὶ κατέστησεν εἰς ἄρχοντα Ἀβιὰ τὸν τῆς Μααχὰ εἰς ἡγούμενον ἐν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ, ὅτι βασιλεῦσαι διενοεῖτο αὐτόν.

LXX

And Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, even the prince among his brethren; for he was minded to make him king.

ASV

וַ/יַּֽעֲמֵ֨ד לָ/רֹ֧אשׁ רְחַבְעָ֛ם אֶת אֲבִיָּ֥ה בֶֽן מַעֲכָ֖ה לְ/נָגִ֣יד בְּ/אֶחָ֑י/ו כִּ֖י לְ/הַמְלִיכֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

Open in reader with connections →

In this verse

People RehoboamAbijah

In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲבִיָּ֖ה
'byh
proper_noun · 24×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
ו
v
noun · 629×
וֹ
v
verb · 349×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מַעֲכָ֔ה
m'kh
proper_noun · 23×
נָגִ֔יד
ngyd
noun · 43×
עֹמְדִ֖ים
'mdym
verb · 526×
רְחַבְעָ֖ם
rchb'm
proper_noun · 50×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 21:15 — If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated: