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RehoboamרְחַבְעָםappointedוַיַּעֲמֵדAbijahאֶת אֲבִיָּהsonבֶןof Maacahמַעֲכָהas head,לָרֹאשׁas leaderלְנָגִידamong his brothers,בְּאֶחָיוforכִּיhe intended to make him king.לְהַמְלִיכוֹ
2 Chronicles 11:22
Study it in the app“Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as head, as leader among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 11:22, word by word
- Rehoboamרְחַבְעָםrechavam
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” appears- appointedיַּעֲמֵדyaamed
appoint
To put in place, name to a post.
Where else “yaamed” appears- 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."
Where else “aviya” appears- sonבֶןven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- of 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.
Where else “maacha” appears- as headרֹאשׁrosh
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rosh” appears- as leaderנָגִידnagid
leader
Leader: the one who goes at the head of others, in war, in government or in worship. In the books of Samuel it is used of the one whom YHWH places at the head of his people.
Where else “nagid” appears- among his brothersאֶחָיechay
countryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “echay” appears- he intended to make him kingהַמְלִיכhamlich
make king
To set someone up as king, proclaim him and give him the throne.
Where else “hamlich” appears
The context
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.
22 · This verse (above)
23He acted with understanding and distributed all his sons through all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all the fortified cities, and he gave them provisions in abundance, and he asked for a multitude of wives for them.