20 After her he took ^aMaachah the granddaughter of ^bAbsalom; and she bore him ^cAbijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.  ‡

21 Now Rehoboam loved Maachah the granddaughter of Absalom more than all his ^awives and his concubines; for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and begot twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.  ‡

23 He dealt wisely, and¹ dispersed some of his sons throughout all the territories of Judah and Benjamin, to every ^afortified city; and he gave them provisions in abundance. He also sought many wives for them. ‡