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2 Chronicles 11:21

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And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.	And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)	And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, [to be] ruler among his brethren: for [he thought] to make him king.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Rehoboam^H7346 loved^H157 Maachah^H4601 the daughter^H1323 of Absalom^H53 above all his wives^H802 and his concubines^H6370:(for he took^H5375 eighteen^{H8083 H6240} wives^H802, and threescore^H8346 concubines^H6370; and begat^H3205 twenty^H6242 and eight^H8083 sons^H1121, and threescore^H8346 daughters^H1323.)

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Original Hebrew

וַיֶּאֱהַב רְחַבְעָם אֶת־מַעֲכָה בַת־אַבְשָׁלֹום מִכָּל־נָשָׁיו וּפִילַגְשָׁיו כִּי נָשִׁים שְׁמֹונֶה־עֶשְׂרֵה נָשָׂא וּפִילַגְשִׁים שִׁשִּׁים וַיֹּולֶד עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁמֹונָה בָּנִים וְשִׁשִּׁים בָּנֹות׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֶּאֱהַ֨ב	va/i.ye.'e.Hav	H157	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he loved
רְחַבְעָ֜ם	re.chav.'Am	H7346	HNp	Rehoboam
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
מַעֲכָ֣ה	ma.'a.Khah	H4601	HNp	Maacah
בַת	vat-	H1323	HNcfsc	(the) daughter of
אַבְשָׁל֗וֹם	'av.sha.Lom	H53	HNp	Absalom
מִ/כָּל	mi./kol	H3605	HR/Ncmsc	more than/ all
נָשָׁי/ו֙	na.Sha/v	H802	HNcfpc/Sp3ms	wives/ his
וּ/פִ֣ילַגְשָׁ֔י/ו	u./Fi.lag.Sha/v	H6370	HC/Ncfpc/Sp3ms	and/ concubines/ his
כִּ֠י	ki	H3588	HC	for
נָשִׁ֤ים	na.Shim	H802	HNcfpa	wives
שְׁמוֹנֶֽה	she.mo.neh-	H8083	HAcfsa	eight-
עֶשְׂרֵה֙	'es.Reh	H6240	HAcfsa	teen
נָשָׂ֔א	na.Sa'	H5375	HVqp3ms	he had taken
וּ/פִֽילַגְשִׁ֖ים	u./fi.lag.Shim	H6370	HC/Ncfpa	and/ concubines
שִׁשִּׁ֑ים	shi.Shim	H8346	HAcbpa	sixty
וַ/יּ֗וֹלֶד	va/i.Yo.led	H3205	HC/Vhw3ms	and/ he fathered
עֶשְׂרִ֧ים	'es.Rim	H6242	HAcbpa	twenty
וּ/שְׁמוֹנָ֛ה	u./she.mo.Nah	H8083	HC/Acmsa	and/ eight
בָּנִ֖ים	ba.Nim	H1121	HNcmpa	sons
וְ/שִׁשִּׁ֥ים	ve./shi.Shim	H8346	HC/Acbpa	and/ sixty
בָּנֽוֹת	ba.Not	H1323	HNcfpa	daughters

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H53 — אֲבִישָׁלוֹם (ʼĂbîyshâlôwm, ab-ee-shaw-lome'): or (shortened) אַבְשָׁלוֹם ; from אָב and שָׁלוֹם; father of peace (i.e. friendly); Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite; Abishalom, Absalom.
• H157 — אָהַב (ʼâhab, aw-hab'): or אָהֵב ; a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise); (be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
• H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H1323 — בַּת (bath, bath): from בָּנָה (as feminine of בֵּן); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively); apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.
• H3205 — יָלַד (yâlad, yaw-lad'): a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage; bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
• H4601 — מַעֲכָה (Maʻăkâh, mah-ak-aw'): or מַעֲכָת; (Joshua 13:13), from מָעַךְ; depression; Maakah (or Maakath), the name of a place in Syria, also of a Mesopotamian, of three Israelites, and of four Israelitesses and one Syrian woman; Maachah, Maachathites. See also בֵּית מַעֲכָה.
• H5375 — נָשָׂא (nâsâʼ, naw-saw'): or נָסָה; (Psalm 4:6 (אֲבַד)), a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative; accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable ([phrase] man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, [idiom] needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, [phrase] swear, take (away, up), [idiom] utterly, wear, yield.
• H6240 — עָשָׂר (ʻâsâr, aw-sawr'): for עֶשֶׂר; ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth; (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), [phrase] eleven(-th), [phrase] sixscore thousand, [phrase] twelve(-th).
• H6242 — עֶשְׂרִים (ʻesrîym, es-reem'): from עֶשֶׂר; twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth; (six-) score, twenty(-ieth).
• H6370 — פִּילֶגֶשׁ (pîylegesh, pee-leh'-ghesh): or פִּלֶגֶשׁ; of uncertain derivation; a concubine; also (masculine) a paramour; concubine, paramour.
• H7346 — רְחַבְעָם (Rᵉchabʻâm, rekh-ab-awm'): from רָחַב and עַם; a people has enlarged; Rechabam, an Israelite king; Rehoboam.
• H8083 — שְׁמֹנֶה (shᵉmôneh, shem-o-neh'): or שְׁמוֹנֶה; feminine שְׁמֹנָה; or שְׁמוֹנָה; apparently from שָׁמֵן through the idea of plumpness; a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth; eight(-een, -eenth), eighth.
• H8346 — שִׁשִּׁים (shishshîym, shish-sheem'): multiple of שֵׁשׁ; sixty; sixty, three score.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

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