Study it in the app“Rehoboam 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.”
RehoboamרְחַבְעָםlovedוַיֶּאֱהַבMaacahאֶת מַעֲכָהdaughterבַתof Absalomאַבְשָׁלוֹםmore than allמִכָּלhis wivesנָשָׁיוand his concubines,וּפִילַגְשָׁיוforכִּיhe tookנָשָׂאeighteenשְׁמוֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵהwivesנָשִׁיםand sixtyוּ שִׁשִּׁיםconcubines,פִילַגְשִׁיםand he fatheredוַיּוֹלֶדtwenty-eightעֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁמוֹנָהsonsבָּנִיםand sixtyוְשִׁשִּׁיםdaughters.בָּנוֹת
Rehoboam
Rehoboam: son of Solomon and king after him; in his reign the kingdom was divided and he was left with only Judah and Benjamin (1 Kings 12–14).
Where else “rechavam” appearslove
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “yeehav” appearsMaacah
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.
Where else “maacha” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vat” appearsAbsalom
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.
Where else “avshalom” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashay” appearsconcubine
Concubine: a woman joined to a man in a recognized way, but with fewer rights than the main wife. It was a custom of the time that the Bible tells without making it a model.
Where else “filagshay” appearstake
To get something; with "a wife", to marry.
Where else “nasa” appearseight
Eight; also "eighth".
Where else “shemone” appears-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appearssixty
Sixty.
Where else “shishim” appearsfather
For a man to have a child.
Where else “yoled” appearstwenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appears20After her he took Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 · This verse (above)
22Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as head, as leader among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.
