Mahalat
Rehoboam's wife
Mahalat was one of King Rehoboam's wives, the granddaughter of David through Jerimoth. She bore him sons Jeush, Shemariah and Saham.
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Rehoboam's wife
Rehoboam took Mahalat as his wife, a granddaughter of David, and she bore him several sons.
18Rehoboam took as his wife Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth son of David, whose mother was Abihail, the daughter of Eliab son of Jesse.
וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ל֤וֹ רְחַבְעָם֙ אִשָּׁ֔ה אֶת־מָ֣חֲלַ֔ת *בן־**בַּת־יְרִימ֖וֹת בֶּן־דָּוִ֑יד אֲבִיהַ֕יִל בַּת־אֱלִיאָ֖ב בֶּן־יִשָֽׁי׃
19She bore him sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
וַתֵּ֥לֶד ל֖וֹ בָּנִ֑ים אֶת־יְע֥וּשׁ וְאֶת־שְׁמַרְיָ֖ה וְאֶת־זָֽהַם׃