2 Chronicles 11:22
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.
In context
20 After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 Rehoboam 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.
22 Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.
23 Rehoboam also acted wisely by dispersing some of his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions and sought many wives for them.
2 Chronicles 11:22 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.
- KJV King James Version
- And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.
- WEB World English Bible
- Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, the prince among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And Rehoboam appointeth for head Abijah son of Maachah, for leader among his brethren, for to cause him to reign.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Rehoboam established Abijah the son of Maachah at the head, to be ruler among his brethren; for [he thought] to make him king.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.