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2 Chronicles 11:21
New English Translation
2 Chronicles 11:21
New English Translation
21 Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than his other wives and concubines.[a] He had eighteen wives and sixty concubines; he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
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- 2 Chronicles 11:21 sn Concubines were slave women in ancient Near Eastern societies who were the legal property of their master, but who could have legitimate sexual relations with their master. A concubine’s status was more elevated than a mere servant, but she was not free and did not have the legal rights of a free wife. The children of a concubine could, in some instances, become equal heirs with the children of the free wife. After the period of the Judges concubines may have become more of a royal prerogative (2 Sam 21:10-14; 1 Kgs 11:3).
2 Chronicles 11:21
New International Version
2 Chronicles 11:21
New International Version
21 Rehoboam loved Maakah daughter of Absalom more than any of his other wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives(A) and sixty concubines, twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
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