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


In Context

19 And she bore him children: Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham.

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

21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines; for he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he begot twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

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

23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all the fortified cities; and he gave them food in abundance. And he desired for them a multitude of 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 American Standard 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 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.