And Rehoboam took him Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth, the son of David, to wife ,.... Of which son of David we nowhere else read; perhaps he might be the son of one of his concubines, or he might have two names: and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse ; who was David's eldest brother. 1 Samuel 17:13 . She must be a granddaughter or great-granddaughter of his. read more
Which bare him children ,.... Or, "and she bore him" F4 ותלד "peperit", Pagninus, Montanus. ; for it is said only of one of them, the other perhaps died without children; this may refer to the last mentioned, Abihail, whose children were Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham ; who perhaps all died in their father's lifetime, since the firstborn of a later wife succeeded him. read more
And after he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom ,.... Thought by some to be Absalom the son of David, his father's brother, and his uncle, and so married his cousin; but Absalom seems to have had but one daughter, whose name was Tamar, 2 Samuel 14:27 , and the name of this man is different from his; he is called Abishalom, 1 Kings 15:2 . and Uriel of Gibeah ; 2 Chronicles 13:2 , of the tribe of Benjamin, whereas Absalom was of the tribe of Judah: which bare him Abijah, and... read more
Took him Mahalath - By marrying thus in the family of David, he strengthened his right to the Jewish throne. read more
Maachah the daughter of Absalom - See the note on 1 Kings 15:10 . She is called Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel, 2 Chronicles 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... read more
The discipline that resulted in obedience, accompanied with right and earnest endeavour. The homiletic treatment of this chapter centres round two suggestions. I. THE SIMPLE AND PROMPT OBEDIENCE OF REHOBOAM , IN CERTAIN RESPECTS , TO THE DIVINE MESSAGE OF PROHIBITION . Of which obedience on the part of Rehoboam we may notice: 1 . That it compared favourably with the conduct of those who, being bidden and encouraged in every way to go up to war, and... read more
Fidelity to conscience. This migration of priests and people from the other tribes of Israel to Judah and Jerusalem was a serious event in the history of the people of God, and it presents a striking and suggestive spectacle to all time. It is an early illustration of fidelity to conscience. I. THE SEVERITY OF THE STRUGGLE . These servants of Jehovah, priests and people, had to triumph over great obstacles in order to take the step on which they decided. They had: 1 . To... read more
The 'Speaker's Commentary' opportunely suggests the probability that we may be indebted here to Iddo's "genealogies" ( 2 Chronicles 12:15 ). The word daughter here is a correction of the Keri, the Chethiv having been "son," This Jerimoth is the seventh out of a list of eight men of the same name mentioned in the two books of Chronicles. He is not given as one of the children of David's proper wives in either 1 Chronicles 3:1-8 or 1 Chronicles 14:4-7 ; Jerome says it was the Jewish... read more
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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 11:13-23
See here, I. How Rehoboam was strengthened by the accession of the priests and Levites, and all the devout and pious Israelites, to him, even all that were true to their God and their religion. 1. Jeroboam cast them off, that is, he set up such a way of worship as he knew they could not in conscience comply with, which obliged them to withdraw from his altar, and at the same time he would not allow them to go up to Jerusalem to worship at the altar there; so that he totally cast them off from... read more