2 Chronicles 11:22 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, even the prince among his brethren: for he was minded to make him king.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And Rehoboam made Abijah son of Maacah the chief prince among his brethren, for he intended to make him king.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Rehoboam named Abijah, Maacah’s son, as his successor in order to make him king.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Truly, he appointed as the head, Abijah, the son of Maacah, to be the ruler over all his brothers. For he thought to make him king,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But 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,

2 Chronicles 11:22 Cross References

Genesis 22:24

And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bare Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.

1 Chronicles 29:1

And David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God:

2 Chronicles 11:23

And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he sought for them many wives.