2Ch 11:18-22 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 2Chr 11:18-22: 11:18-22 The numbers of Rehoboam’s wives and children are probably the total from his entire reign rather than those accumulated by his fifth year. Rehoboam loved his second wife more than his first, so he violated the right of primogeniture (inheritance belonging to the firstborn son, Deut 21:15-17 ) by making Abijah ... the next king in what might have been co-regency. This action secured an orderly succession.

a11:18-22►

bDeut 21:15-17►

‏ 2 Chronicles 11:18-22

Summary for 2Chr 11:18-22: 11:18-22 ^a The numbers of Rehoboam’s wives and children are probably the total from his entire reign rather than those accumulated by his fifth year. Rehoboam loved his second wife more than his first, so he violated the right of primogeniture (inheritance belonging to the firstborn son, Deut 21:15-17 ^b) by making Abijah ... the next king in what might have been co-regency. This action secured an orderly succession.