19. Mahalath gave Rehoboam these sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
20. Then Rehoboam married Absalom’s daughter Maacah, and she gave Rehoboam these children: Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
21. Rehoboam loved Maacah more than his other wives and slave women. Rehoboam had eighteen wives and sixty slave women and was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
22. Rehoboam chose Abijah son of Maacah to be the leader of his own brothers, because he planned to make Abijah king.
23. Rehoboam acted wisely. He spread his sons through all the areas of Judah and Benjamin, sending them to every strong, walled city. He gave plenty of supplies to his sons, and he also found wives for them.