2 Chronicles 13:21

And Abijah strengthened himself, and took him, fourteen wives,—and begat twenty-two sons, and sixteen daughters.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.

In Context

20neither was Jeroboam strong any more, in the days of Abijah,—and Yahweh smote him that he died.

22And, the rest of the story of Abijah, both his ways and his words,—are written, in the commentary of the prophet Iddo.

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Cross References

Judges 8:30And, Gideon, had seventy sons, sprung from his own loins,—for, many wives, had he.

Judges 10:4Now he had thirty sons, that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had, thirty cities,—they are called Havvoth-jair, until this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

2 Chronicles 11:21And Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absolom, above all his wives and his concubines, for, eighteen wives, took he, and sixty concubines,—and begat twenty-eight sons, and sixty daughters.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 13:14-22

Jeroboam Defeated by Abijah. ( b. c. 957.) 13 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them. 14 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the Lord , and the priests sounded with the trumpets. 15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. 16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah:… Read the whole commentary →

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