2 Chronicles 11:23

He acted wisely and distributed some of his sons throughout the territories of Judah and Benjamin to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions, and he sought many wives for them.

Genesis 25:6

but to the sons of his concubines [Hagar and Keturah], Abraham gave gifts while he was still living and he sent them to the east country, away from Isaac his son [of promise].

Then Adonijah the son of [David’s wife] Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I [the eldest living son] will be king.” So [following Absalom’s example] he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

2 Chronicles 10:8-15

But the king rejected the advice which the elders gave him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him and served him [as advisers].

2 Chronicles 21:3

Their father gave them many gifts of silver, gold, and valuable things, in addition to fortified cities in Judah; but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.

Luke 16:8

And his master commended the unjust manager [not for his misdeeds, but] because he had acted shrewdly [by preparing for his future unemployment]; for the sons of this age [the non-believers] are shrewder in relation to their own kind [that is, to the ways of the secular world] than are the sons of light [the believers].

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

2 Chronicles 11:23

And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.

He dealt

2 Chronicles 10:8

Luke 16:8

Dispersed

2 Chronicles 21:3

Genesis 25:6

1 Kings 1:5

Every fenced city

2 Chronicles 11:11

Many wives

2 Chronicles 11:21

Bible References

He dealt

But the king rejected the advice which the elders gave him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him and served him [as advisers].

Dispersed

Their father gave them many gifts of silver, gold, and valuable things, in addition to fortified cities in Judah; but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.

but to the sons of his concubines [Hagar and Keturah], Abraham gave gifts while he was still living and he sent them to the east country, away from Isaac his son [of promise].

Every fenced city

He strengthened the fortresses and put officers in them, with supplies of food, [olive] oil, and wine.

Many wives

Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter (granddaughter) of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines—for he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

2 Chronicles 11:23