Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 11:18

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Commentary on the Old Testament
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · 19th-century historical commentary
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Ch2 11:18-23, information as to Rehoboam's family relationships. - Ch2 11:18. Instead of בּן we must read, with the Keri, many MSS, lxx, and Vulg., בּת: Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth, the son of David. Among the sons of David ( Ch1 3:1-8) no Jerimoth is found. If this name be not another form of יתרעם, Ch1 3:3, Jerimoth must have been a son of one of David's concubines. Before the name אביחיל, ו must have been dropped out, and is to be supplied; so that Mahalath's father and mother are both named: the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse, i.e., David's eldest brother ( Ch1 2:13; Sa1 17:13). For Abihail cannot be held to be a second wife of Rehoboam, because Ch2 11:19, "and she bore," and Ch2 11:20, "and after her," show that in Ch2 11:18 only one wife is named. She bare him three sons, whose names occur only here ( Ch2 11:19). 2 Chronicles 11:20

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