And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
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Gill's Exposition
And after he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom,.... Thought by some to be Absalom the son of David, his father's brother, and his uncle, and so married his cousin; but Absalom seems to have had but…
Barnes' Notes
This is probably an extract from the “genealogies” of Iddo 2Ch 12:15. As Jerimoth is not mentioned among the legitimate sons of David 1Ch 3:1-8; 1Ch 14:4-7, he must have been the child of a concubine.…
Adam Clarke
Took him Mahalath - By marrying thus in the family of David, he strengthened his right to the Jewish throne.
See here,
I. How Rehoboam was strengthened by the accession of the priests and Levites, and all the devout and pious Israelites, to him, even all that were true to their God and their religion.
1.…
Cambridge Bible
Jerimoth Nothing is known regarding a son of David of this name. He may have been the son of a concubine (1Ch 3:9).
and Abihail R.V. and of Abihail. The verse accordingly speaks of one wife only,…
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