21. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Chronicles 11:21:1 ⧉וַיֶּאֱהַ֨בvayeehavand he loved 2 Chronicles 11:21:2 ⧉רְחַבְעָ֜םrekhaveamRehoboam 2 Chronicles 11:21:3 ⧉אֶת־מַעֲכָ֣הetmaakha 2 Chronicles 11:21:4 ⧉בַת־אַבְשָׁל֗וֹםvatavshalomdaughter of Absalom 2 Chronicles 11:21:5 ⧉מִכָּל־נָשָׁיו֙mikalnashavmore than all his wives 2 Chronicles 11:21:6 ⧉וּפִ֣ילַגְשָׁ֔יוufilagshavand his concubines 2 Chronicles 11:21:7 ⧉כִּ֠יkifor 2 Chronicles 11:21:8 ⧉נָשִׁ֤יםnashimwives 2 Chronicles 11:21:9 ⧉שְׁמוֹנֶֽה־עֶשְׂרֵה֙shemoneesreeighteen 2 Chronicles 11:21:10 ⧉נָשָׂ֔אnasahe took or married 2 Chronicles 11:21:11 ⧉וּפִֽילַגְשִׁ֖יםufilagshimand concubines 2 Chronicles 11:21:12 ⧉שִׁשִּׁ֑יםshishimsixty 2 Chronicles 11:21:13 ⧉וַיּ֗וֹלֶדvayoledand he fathered or begot 2 Chronicles 11:21:14 ⧉עֶשְׂרִ֧יםesrerimtwenty 2 Chronicles 11:21:15 ⧉וּשְׁמוֹנָ֛הushemonaand eight 2 Chronicles 11:21:16 ⧉בָּנִ֖יםbanimsons 2 Chronicles 11:21:17 ⧉וְשִׁשִּׁ֥יםveshishimand sixty 2 Chronicles 11:21:18 ⧉בָּנֽוֹת׃banotdaughters |
21. Formal Translation And Rehoboam loved Maakah the daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and his concubines. For he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. |
21. Dynamic Translation Rehoboam cared more for Maakah, Absalom’s daughter, than for any of his other wives or concubines. In all, he married eighteen wives and had sixty concubines, and he became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. |