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 of his cities: Bethel and its villages, Jeshanah and its villages, and Ephron and its villages. 20Jeroboam never regained power during Abijah’s time. The Lord caused Jeroboam to become sick, and Jeroboam died. But Abijah became strong. He married 14 wives and fathered 22 sons and 16 daughters. 22Everything else about Abijah—how he lived and what he said—is written in the history by 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 5:12So David realized that the Lord had established him as king of Israel and made his kingship famous for the sake of Israel, the Lord’s people.
• 2 Chronicles 11:21Rehoboam loved Maacah, Absalom’s granddaughter, more than all his other wives and concubines. (He had 18 wives and 60 concubines. He fathered 28 sons and 60 daughters.)
• Judges 8:30Gideon had 70 sons because he had many wives.
• Judges 9:5Then he went to his father’s home in Ophrah. There he executed his 70 brothers, Jerubbaal’s sons. But Jotham, Jerubbaal’s youngest son, survived because he hid.
• Judges 10:4Jair had 30 sons who rode on 30 donkeys. He also had 30 towns that are still called Havvoth Jair to this day. They are in the region of Gilead.

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