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Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)
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Repeating a Father's Sin
Commentators explain that Rehoboam, like his father Solomon, took many wives and concubines. This was a direct violation of God's command for kings found in Deuteronomy 17:17. His actions serve as a cautionary tale about repeating the sins of the previous generation, even when those sins are associated with powerful figures.
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2 Chronicles
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19th Century
Anglican
Loved Maachah. —She probably inherited her mother’s and grandfather’s beauty.
For he took — Nâsâ’,…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines , &c] Who is called Michaiah, th…
Presbyterian
When the priests and Levites came to Jerusalem, the devout, pious Israelites followed them. Those who set their hearts to seek the Lord God of Isra…
