^{20 Ref} And after her he took Maacah, the daughter of Absalom; and she had Abijah and Attai and Ziza and Shelomith by him.

^{21 Ref} Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, was dearer to Rehoboam than all his wives and his servant-wives: (for he had eighteen wives and sixty servant-wives, and was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)

^{22 Ref} Rehoboam made Abijah, the son of Maacah, chief and ruler among his brothers, for it was his purpose to make him king.