2 Chronicles 11:21Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)
The setting
Jerusalem, ~930 BC. King Rehoboam's palace with multiple family quarters for his extensive household. Modern Jerusalem, Israel.
The emotion here: recording with concern about royal family patterns
The original word
ahab (אָהַב) — to love deeply, often used for covenant love but here for romantic preference
Why it matters
Maacah was granddaughter of King David through Absalom, making this a politically strategic marriage
Read with care
What most readers miss in 2 Chronicles 11:21
Rehoboam's favoritism toward Maacah echoed his grandfather David's family dysfunction
Common misconceptionPeople assume this endorses polygamy, but Chronicles is actually documenting the dysfunction and political complications that arose from these arrangements.
The thread continues
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Bible Genome reading
2 Chronicles 11:21 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
2 Chronicles 11:21 comes from the book of 2 Chronicles, written during the Divided Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Narrator. The dominant emotion in this verse is deciding, with a comfort power of 20% and a tone that is reflective. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include love, polygamy, royal excess. Notable phrases: Rehoboam loved; eighteen wives; sixty concubines.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same deciding
“"You shall have no other gods before me.”
— Deuteronomy 5:7
“"You shall not murder.”
— Exodus 20:13
“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
— Matthew 23:12
“For God didn't give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.”
— 2 Timothy 1:7
“But Peter said, "Silver and gold have I none, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!"”
— Acts 3:6
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