Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Rehoboam' s wisdom was shown:
(1) In dispersing his other sons instead of allowing them to remain together in Jerusalem, where they might have joined in a plot against Abijah, as Adonijah and his brothers had done against Solomon I Kings 1:5-10;
(2) In giving his sons positions which might well content them and prevent them from being jealous of Abijah.
He desired many wives - (Compare II Chronicles 11:21). Some prefer to connect the words with the preceding words. If so, they denote another point in which Rehoboam was careful to please his sons.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 2 Chronicles 11:23:
2 Chronicles 11:9-10
2 Chronicles 21:3
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