Discovery Box2 Chronicles 11:21 
Context11:21 Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than his other wives and concubines. 1 He had eighteen wives and sixty concubines; he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
2 Chronicles 20:31
Context20:31 Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king and he reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. 2 His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
2 Chronicles 21:6
Context21:6 He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel, just as Ahab’s dynasty had done, for he married Ahab’s daughter. 3 He did evil in the sight of 4 the Lord.
2 Chronicles 29:1
Context29:1 Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. 5 His mother was Abijah, 6 the daughter of Zechariah.
1 sn Concubines were slave women in ancient Near Eastern societies who were the legal property of their master, but who could have legitimate sexual relations with their master. A concubine’s status was more elevated than a mere servant, but she was not free and did not have the legal rights of a free wife. The children of a concubine could, in some instances, become equal heirs with the children of the free wife. After the period of the Judges concubines may have become more of a royal prerogative (2 Sam 21:10-14; 1 Kgs 11:3).
2 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
3 tn Heb “he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab did, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife.”
4 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
5 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
6 tn The parallel passage in 2 Kgs 18:2 has “Abi.”
