2Ch 11:18-21 | Clarke | STEP | Verse 18 Took him Mahalath - By marrying thus in the family of David, he strengthened his right to the Jewish throne.

2 Chronicles 11:18-21

Verse 18

Took him Mahalath - By marrying thus in the family of David, he strengthened his right to the Jewish throne. Verse 20

Maachah the daughter of Absalom - See the note on 1Kgs 15:10. She is called Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel, 2Chr 13:2. For this the Targum gives the following reason: "Abijah reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Michaiah, daughter of Uriel of Gibeatha. She is the same as Michah, the daughter of Absalom; but, because she was an upright woman, her name was changed into the more excellent name Michaiah, and her fathers name into that of Uriel of Gibeatha, that the name of Absalom might not be remembered. Verse 21

Eighteen wives and threescore concubines - Bad enough, but not so abandoned as his father. Of these marriages and concubinage the issue was twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters; eighty-eight children in the whole, to the education of the whole of whom he could pay but little attention. Numerous families are often neglected; and children by different women, must be yet in a worse state.