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2 Chronicles 11:19 Explained in Context
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Verse 19. 19Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.
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Quick Meaning
This verse advances the thought unit through its next action, speech, or consequence: “Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Rehoboam's household and succession policy expand.”
Read It With
- 2 Chronicles 11:18–23
Read 2 Chronicles 11:19 with 11:18–23. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Rehoboam's wives, children, favored Maachah, chosen heir Abijah, and dispersed sons are listed within a large royal household.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “Rehoboam's household and succession policy expand,” 2 Chronicles 11:19 advances the thought unit through its next action, speech, or consequence through the wording “Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: Dynastic consolidation closes the strengthening sequence while exposing women and children as components of succession strategy. 2 Chronicles 11:13–17 has just established this prior movement: Priests and Levites leave their lands after Jeroboam excludes them, and worshipers from all tribes follow them to Jerusalem, strengthening Rehoboam for three years. Together those details explain why “Rehoboam's household and succession policy expand” belongs here rather than merely following a database record.
Read 2 Chronicles 11:18–23 together
Why these verses belong together: 2 Chronicles 11:18–23 forms the complete movement “Rehoboam's household and succession policy expand”: Rehoboam's wives, children, favored Maachah, chosen heir Abijah, and dispersed sons are listed within a large royal household.
Verse 18. 18 And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
Verse 19. 19 Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.
Verse 20. 20 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
Verse 21. 21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
Verse 22. 22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.
Verse 23. 23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.
What Remains True
Leadership that refuses a just burden complaint can fracture a community, while restraint and humility can limit further harm without erasing responsibility. This unit tests that truth through the narrated movement: Rehoboam's wives, children, favored Maachah, chosen heir Abijah, and dispersed sons are listed within a large royal household. In 2 Chronicles 11:19, the concrete line “Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
How It Can Shape Life
- The evidence to keep visible in this verse is “Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.” Receive burden complaints without retaliation, compare counsel by its evidence and human cost, stop escalation, and make humility visible through repair rather than public language alone. This response follows from the unit's own movement: Rehoboam's wives, children, favored Maachah, chosen heir Abijah, and dispersed sons are listed within a large royal household.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: 2 Chronicles 11:18–23, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
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NET Bible Full Notes: 2 Chronicles
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press; STEP Bible presentation, 2019 edition; current web presentation
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Exact location: STEP Bible NET2full, 2 Chronicles 11:18–23, verse-attached translation and translator notes
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