Rehoboam appointed Maakah’s son Abijah to be the chief prince among his brothers. He did it because he wanted to make him king.

罗波安立玛迦的儿子亚比雅作太子，在他弟兄中为首，因为想要立他接续作王。

罗波安立玛迦的儿子亚比雅作太子，在他兄弟中为首，因为要立他作王。

罗波安立玛迦的儿子亚比雅作太子，在他兄弟中为首，因为要立他作王。

罗波安就立她所生的儿子亚比雅为太子，以便让他继承王位。

于是罗波安立了玛迦的儿子亚比雅作太子，在他的兄弟中为首，因为罗波安想立他继承王位。

羅波安立瑪迦的兒子亞比雅作太子，在他弟兄中為首，因為想要立他接續作王。

羅波安立瑪迦的兒子亞比雅作太子，在他兄弟中為首，因為要立他作王。

羅波安立瑪迦的兒子亞比雅作太子，在他兄弟中為首，因為要立他作王。

羅波安就立她所生的兒子亞比雅為太子，以便讓他繼承王位。

於是羅波安立了瑪迦的兒子亞比雅作太子，在他的兄弟中為首，因為羅波安想立他繼承王位。

羅波安立了瑪迦的兒子亞比雅做太子，在他弟兄中為首，因為想要立他作王。

羅波安立瑪迦子亞比雅為冢子、冠諸昆弟、蓋欲立之為王也、

立其子亞庇雅為太子、尊於昆弟間、將繼其位。

羅波安立瑪迦子亞比雅為太子、為兄弟之長、欲使之繼位、

Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maakah as crown prince among his brothers, in order to make him king.

And Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.

Rehoboam appointed Maacah’s son Abijah as leader among the princes, making it clear that he would be the next king.

Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief, leader among his brothers, intending to make him king.

Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah as head and leader among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.

And Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maachah as chief, to be leader among his brothers; for he intended to make him king.

And Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, even the prince among his brethren; for he was minded to make him king.

Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief, leader among his brothers, intending to make him king.

And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief,[ to be] ruler among his brethren: for[ he thought] to make him king.

Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as the leader over his brothers, for he intended to name him his successor.

Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, the prince among his brothers; for he intended to make him king.

Suppose a man has two wives. He loves one but not the other. And both of them have sons by him. But the oldest son is the son of the wife the man doesn’t love.Someday he’ll leave his property to his sons. When he does, he must not give the rights of the oldest son to the son of the wife he loves. He must give those rights to his oldest son. He must do it even though his oldest son is the son of the wife he doesn’t love.He must recognize the full rights of the oldest son. He must do it, even though that son is the son of the wife he doesn’t love. He must give that son a double share of everything he has. That son is the first sign of his father’s strength. So the rights of the oldest son belong to him.

Reuben was the oldest son of Israel. But he slept with his father’s concubine. By doing that, he made his father’s bed“ unclean.” That’s why his rights as the oldest son were given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel. So Reuben isn’t listed in the family history as the one who had the rights of the oldest son.Judah also did not have the rights of the oldest son. Judah didn’t have them even though he was the leader among his brothers. And a ruler came from his family line. But the rights of the oldest son belonged to Joseph.

Then King David spoke to the whole community. He said,“ God has chosen my son Solomon. But Solomon is young. He’s never done anything like this before. The task is huge. This grand and wonderful temple won’t be built for human beings. It will be built for the Lord God.