2Ch 11:22 | Clarke | STEP | Verse 22 Made Abijah - the chief - Abijah certainly was not the first-born of Rehoboam; but as he loved Maachah more than any of his wives, so he preferred her son, probably through his mother's influence. In , this sort of preference is forbidden; but Rehoboam had a sort of precedent in the preference shown by David to Solomon.

2 Chronicles 11:22

Verse 22

Made Abijah - the chief - Abijah certainly was not the first-born of Rehoboam; but as he loved Maachah more than any of his wives, so he preferred her son, probably through his mother's influence. In Deu 21:16, this sort of preference is forbidden; but Rehoboam had a sort of precedent in the preference shown by David to Solomon.