2 Chronicles 11:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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;

Rehoboam took him Mahalath. The names of her father and mother are given. Jerimoth, the father, must have been the son of one of David's concubines (1 Chronicles 3:9). Abihail was, of course, his cousin, previous to their marriage.

2 Chronicles 11:18

18 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;