2 Chronicles 11:20

“After her he took Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.”

2 Chronicles 11:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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2 Chronicles 11:20, word by word

he tookלָקַחlakach

take a wife

"Take a wife": to marry.

Where else “lakach” appears
Maacahמַעֲכָהmaacha

Maacah

Maacah, the name of several people, men and women; among them a son of Nahor and the daughter of the king of Geshur, David's wife and Absalom's mother. Also a small kingdom in the north.

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daughterבַּתbat

daughter

A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.

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of Absalomאַבְשָׁלוֹםavshalom

Absalom

Absalom: third son of David, born of Maacah; he rebelled against his father (2 Samuel 13–18). The name, also written in a longer form (Abishalom), means "father of peace"; it is borne also by the father of Maacah, Rehoboam's wife.

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and she boreתֵּלֶדteled

bear

To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.

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Abijahאֲבִיָּהaviya

Abijah

Abijah: the name of several people; among them Samuel's second son (1 Samuel 8:2), a son of Jeroboam (1 Kings 14:1) and a king of Judah (2 Chronicles 13:1). It means "my father is YHWH."

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Attaiעַתַּיatay

Attai

Attai: name of several Israelites: the son of Sheshan's daughter and Jarha, one of the Gadites who joined David, and a son of King Rehoboam.

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Zizaזִיזָאziza

Ziza

Ziza: name of two Israelites: a chief of the tribe of Simeon and a son of King Rehoboam.

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and Shelomithשְׁלֹמִיתshelomit

Shelomith

Shelomith: a name of women and of men; it comes from the word "peace".

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The context

19She bore him sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.

20 · This verse (above)

21Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and his concubines, for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

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