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Rehoboam took him a wife, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, [and of] Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
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A Strategic Royal Marriage
Commentators clarify that Rehoboam married his cousin, Mahalath. Her father, Jerimoth, was a son of King David (likely by a concubine), and her mother, Abihail, was a descendant of David's eldest brother. This marriage strategically strengthened Rehoboam's ties to the extended Davidic family line.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This is probably an extract from the “genealogies” of Iddo (2 Chronicles 12:15).
As Jerimoth is not mentioned among the legitima…
19th Century
Anglican
PARTICULARS CONCERNING REHOBOAM’S FAMILY (2 Chronicles 11:18–23).
This record also is missing in the Book of Ki…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Rehoboam took him Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth, the son of David, to wife O…
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