Parallel Verses
World English Bible
After her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
New American Standard Bible
After her he took
King James Version
And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
Holman Bible
After her, he married Maacah daughter
International Standard Version
After this he married Absalom's daughter Maacah, who bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
A Conservative Version
And after her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom. And she bore for him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
American Standard Version
And after her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
Amplified
After her he took Maacah the daughter (granddaughter) of Absalom, and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
Bible in Basic English
And after her he took Maacah, the daughter of Absalom; and she had Abijah and Attai and Ziza and Shelomith by him.
Darby Translation
And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
Julia Smith Translation
And after her he took Maacah, daughter of Absalom; and she will bear to him Abijah and Attai, and Ziza and Shelomith.
King James 2000
And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; who bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And after her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom, who bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
Modern King James verseion
And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom, who bore Abijah to him, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And after her, he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom which bare him Abijah, Attai, Ziza and Shelomith.
NET Bible
He later married Maacah the daughter of Absalom. She bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
New Heart English Bible
After her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
The Emphasized Bible
And, after her, he took Maacah, daughter of Absolom, - and she bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
Webster
And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; who bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
Youngs Literal Translation
And after her he hath taken Maachah daughter of Absalom, and she beareth to him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
Themes
Kings » Who reigned over judah » Rehoboam (latter part of his reign)
Maachah » Also called michaiah » Mother of abijam and grandmother of asa
Rehoboam » Builds fortified cities; is temporarily prosperous
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 11:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Rehoboam's Harem And Family
19 and she bore him sons: Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham. 20 After her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. 21 Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter 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.)
Cross References
2 Chronicles 13:2
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
1 Kings 15:1-2
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah.
2 Chronicles 11:21
Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter 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.)
2 Chronicles 12:16
Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his place.
Matthew 1:7
Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa.