A common misinterpretation treats this verse as an endorsement of polygamy without consequence, ignoring the broader context in II Chronicles 11-12 that reveals Rehoboam's many wives and 60 daughters led to family strife and national downfall, as well as the Bible's consistent ideal of one man and one woman in marriage exemplified in Genesis 2 and reinforced by Jesus in Matthew 19.
II Chronicles 11:18
King James Version (1769)
18 And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
This passage records King Rehoboam's marriages to Mahalath, a descendant of David, and Abihail, a descendant of Jesse, emphasizing the strategic alliances he forged through kinship ties to prominent families in Judah, which helped consolidate his rule and ensure the continuity of the Davidic line amid the kingdom's division after Solomon's death.