2 Chronicles 11:22

WEB

²²Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, the prince among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.

KJV

²²And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.

BSB

²²Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.

FBV

²²Rehoboam made Abijah son of Maacah crown prince among his brothers, planning to make him king.

Extra References

Deuteronomy 21:15-17

¹⁵If a man has two wives, the one beloved and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated, and if the firstborn son is hers who was hated, ¹⁶then it shall be, in the day that he causes his sons to inherit that which he has, that he may not give the son of the beloved the rights of the firstborn before the son of the hated, who is the firstborn; ¹⁷but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his.

1 Chronicles 29:1

¹David the king said to all the assembly, “Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.

1 Chronicles 5:1-2

¹The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be listed according to the birthright. ²For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and from him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph’s)—