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2 Chronicles 11:23 Explained in Context
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Verse 23. 23And 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.
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Role in This Section
This verse closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition: “And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin….” 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 11:23 with 11:18–23. The selected wording supplies one closing in the thought unit with its stated result or transition; 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 It Needs Context
2 Chronicles 11:23 depends on 11:18–23; isolating “And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin…” would detach a supporting action, quotation, name, number, object, or transition from “Rehoboam's household and succession policy expand.”
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.
Continue in Context
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Read 2 Chronicles 11:18–23 — Rehoboam's household and succession policy expandSources used for this context pointer
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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
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