Quotes about Family
Meshelemiah also had sons and brothers who were capable men—18 in all.
— 1 Chronicles 26:9
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, and Zechariah the fourth. The sons and brothers of Hosah numbered 13 in all.
— 1 Chronicles 26:11
Among Jerijah’s relatives there were 2,700 capable men who were heads of families. King David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh for every matter pertaining to God and to the affairs of the king.
— 1 Chronicles 26:32
The twelfth, for the twelfth month, was Heldai the Netophathite, from the family of Othniel. There were 24,000 men in his division.
— 1 Chronicles 27:15
over Judah was Elihu, one of David’s brothers; over Issachar was Omri son of Michael;
— 1 Chronicles 27:18
And Rehoboam married Mahalath, who was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.
— 2 Chronicles 11:18
She bore sons to him: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
— 2 Chronicles 11:19
After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
— 2 Chronicles 11:20
Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
— 2 Chronicles 11:21
Rehoboam also acted wisely by dispersing some of his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions and sought many wives for them.
— 2 Chronicles 11:23
But Abijah grew strong, married fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
— 2 Chronicles 13:21
When Jehoram had established himself over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened himself by putting to the sword all his brothers along with some of the princes of Israel.
— 2 Chronicles 21:4