2 Chronicles 11:22 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²² 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

²² 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

²² And Rehoboam made Abijah son of Maacah the chief prince among his brethren, for he intended to make him king.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² 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

²² Rehoboam named Abijah, Maacah’s son, as his successor in order to make him king.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² 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

²² 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.