2 Chronicles 13:21

2 Chronicles 13:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
• New International Version (NIV)But Abijah grew in strength. He married fourteen wives and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But Abijah grew mighty. And he took fourteen wives and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But Abijah grew mighty, married fourteen wives, and begot twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

Context of 2 Chronicles 13:21

19Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their surrounding villages. 20Jeroboam no longer retained his power during Abijah’s reign; ultimately, the Lord struck him and he died. However, Abijah grew strong, acquired fourteen wives, and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters. 22The rest of the events of Abijah’s reign, along with his ways and his sayings, are written in the Writing of the Prophet Iddo.

2 Chronicles 13:21 word by word

וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֣ק אֲבִיָּ֔הוּ וַיִּ֨שָּׂא־ל֔וֹ נָשִׁ֖ים אַרְבַּ֣ע עֶשְׂרֵ֑ה וַיּ֗וֹלֶד עֶשְׂרִ֤ים וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙ בָּנִ֔ים וְשֵׁ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה בָּנֽוֹת׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But Abijahאֲבִיָּ֫הוּ, אֲבִיָּה'ăbîyâh 'ăbîyâhû · AbijahH29
• waxed mightyחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: strengthenH2388
• and marriedנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: marryH5375
• fourteenעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• fourteenאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• wivesאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• and begatיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• and twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• and sixteenשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 13:21

• 2 Samuel 5:12Then David knew that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.
• 2 Chronicles 11:21Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. He acquired eighteen wives and sixty concubines and was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
• Judges 8:30Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, since he had many wives.
• Judges 9:5He went to his father’s house in Ophrah and killed his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal, on top of a large stone. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid.
• Judges 10:4He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. They had thirty towns in Gilead, which are still called Jair’s Villages today.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 13:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Married fourteen wives - Probably he made alliances with the neighboring powers, by taking their daughters to him for wives.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 13:21

• Concubinage
• Polygamy

In the dictionaries

• Abijah
• Abia, Abiah, or Abijah
• Abijah or Abijam
• Bamah
• Israel, History of
• Judah, Kingdom of

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings