11:21a Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom

Rehoboam loved ⌊his wife⌋ Maacah who was Absalom’s daughter
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Maacah, the daughter of Absalom was King Rehoboam’s favorite wife.

11:21b more than all his wives and concubines.

more than all his wives and servant-wives.
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He loved her more than any of his wives and his wives of second rank.

11:21c In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines,

Rehoboam had eighteen wives and sixty slave-wives.
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King Rehoboam had eighteen (18) wives and sixty (60) other wives of second rank.

11:21d and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

He had twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
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King Rehoboam was the father of twenty-eight (28) sons and sixty (60) daughters.

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