20. He later married Maacah the daughter of Absalom. She bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
21. Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than his other wives and concubines. He had eighteen wives and sixty concubines; he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
22. Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as the leader over his brothers, for he intended to name him his successor.
23. He wisely placed some of his many sons throughout the regions of Judah and Benjamin in the various fortified cities. He supplied them with abundant provisions and acquired many wives for them.