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20 In addition to her, he took Ma’akah, the granddaughter[a] of Absalom. She gave birth for him to Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

21 Rehoboam loved Ma’akah, the granddaughter of Absalom, more than any of his other wives and concubines. He took eighteen wives and sixty concubines and fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

22 Rehoboam appointed Abijah, the son of Ma’akah, as crown prince among his brothers, because he was going to make him king.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 11:20 Literally daughter of Absalom. Data in 2 Chronicles 13:2 suggests that Ma’akah was Absalom’s granddaughter rather than his daughter.