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


In Context

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.)

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

23 He dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city: and he gave them food in abundance. 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 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 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 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.