2 Chronicles 11:18
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And Roboam took to wife Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David: and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Isai.

1 Samuel 16:6
And when they were come in, he saw Eliab, and said: Is the Lord's anointed before him?

2 Chronicles 11:19
And they bore him sons Jehus, and Somorias, and Zoom.

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And Roboam took to wife Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David: and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Isai.

A.

3029-3046 B.C.

975-958
daughter Eliab was David's eldest brother; and more than eighty years had elapsed since David, at the age of thirty, began to reign: Abigail must therefore have been grand-daughter to eliab; and this shows the latitude in which the words {son} and {daughter} are used in Scripture.

Eliab

1 Samuel 16:6 And when they were come in, he saw Eliab, and said: Is the Lord's anointed before him?

1 Samuel 17:13,28 And his three eldest sons followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle, were Eliab, the firstborn, and the second, Abinadab, and the third Samma: . . .

1 Chronicles 2:13 And Isai begot Eliab his firstborn, the second Abinadab, the third Simmaa,

1 Chronicles 27:18 Over Juda, Eliu the brother of David over Issachar, Amri the son of Michael:

Elihu

Context
Rehoboam's Family
18And Roboam took to wife Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David: and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Isai.19And they bore him sons Jehus, and Somorias, and Zoom.…
Lexicon
And Rehoboam
רְחַבְעָם֙ (rə·ḥaḇ·‘ām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7346: Rehoboam -- 'a people are enlarged', a king of Judah

married
וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ (way·yiq·qaḥ-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

Mahalath,
מָ֣חֲלַ֔ת (mā·ḥă·laṯ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4258: Mahalath -- daughter of Ishmael, also a granddaughter of David

[who was] the daughter
בַּת־ (baṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

of David’s
דָּוִ֑יד (dā·wîḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

son
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

Jerimoth
יְרִימ֖וֹת (yə·rî·mō·wṯ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter

and of Abihail,
אֲבִיהַ֕יִל (’ă·ḇî·ha·yil)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 32: Abihail -- 'my father is might', an Israelite name

the daughter
בַּת־ (baṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter

of Jesse’s
יִשָֽׁי׃ (yi·šāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3448: Jesse -- father of David

son
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

Eliab.
אֱלִיאָ֖ב (’ĕ·lî·’āḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 446: Eliab -- 'God is father', the name of several Israelites


Additional Translations
And Rehoboam married Mahalath, who was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.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;

And Rehoboam took him a wife, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

And Roboam took to himself for a wife, Moolath daughter of Jerimuth the son of David, and Abigaia daughter of Heliab the son of Jessae.

And Rehoboam took Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David as wife, [and of] Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse.

And Rehoboam took him a wife; Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

And Rehoboam took to himself Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David for a wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

Rehoboam took him a wife, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, [and of] Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

And Rehoboam taketh to him a wife, Mahalath, child of Jerimoth son of David, and Abigail daughter of Eliab, son of Jesse.
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