drb 2Chronicles:11:18-23
drb@2Chronicles:11:18 @And Roboam took to wife Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David: and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Isai.
drb@2Chronicles:11:19 @And they bore him sons Jehus, and Somorias, and Zoom.
drb@2Chronicles:11:20 @And after her he married Maacha the daughter of Absalom, who bore him Abia and Ethai, and Ziza, and Salomith.
drb@2Chronicles:11:21 @And Roboam loved Maacha the daughter of Absalom above all his wives, and concubines: for he had married eighteen wives, and threescore concubines: and he beget eight and twenty sons, and threescore daughters.
drb@2Chronicles:11:22 @But he put at the head of them Abia the son of Maacha to be the chief ruler over all his brethren: for he meant to make him king,
drb@2Chronicles:11:23 @Because he was wiser and mightier than all his sons, and in all the countries of Juda, and of Benjamin, and in all the walled cities: and he gave them provisions in abundance, and he sought many wives.