22And Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, even the prince among his brethren; for he was minded to make him king.


In Context

19 and she bare him sons: Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham.

20 And after her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

21 And Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines, and begat twenty and eight sons and threescore daughters.)

22 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.

23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fortified city: and he gave them victuals in abundance. And he sought for them many wives.

2 Chronicles 11:22 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:22Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah to be the chief prince among his brothers, in order to make him king.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:22And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for [he thought] to make him king.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:22But he put at the head of them Abia the son of Maacha to be the chief ruler over all his brethren: for he meant to make him king,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:22And Rehoboam established Abijah the son of Maachah at the head, to be ruler among his brethren; for he thought to make him king.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:22And Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, even the prince among his brethren: for he was minded to make him king.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:22And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:22Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, [even] the prince among his brothers; for [he was minded] to make him king.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:22And Rehoboam appointeth for head Abijah son of Maachah, for leader among his brethren, for to cause him to reign.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:22And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brothers: for he thought to make him king.