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2 Chronicles 11:18

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

And Rehoboam took him Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth, the son of David, to wife,.... Of which son of David we nowhere else read; perhaps he might be the son of one of his concubines, or he might have two names:and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse; who was David's eldest brother.

1Sa 17:13.

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