2 Chronicles 11:22
World English Bible (WEB)
Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, the prince among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.
In context
20 After her, he took Maacah the granddaughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 Rehoboam loved Maacah the granddaughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines; for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
22 Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, the prince among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.
23 He dealt wisely, and dispersed some of his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city. He gave them food in abundance; and he sought many wives for them.
2 Chronicles 11:22 in every translation
- 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.
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending 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.