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 from him several cities, Bethel with its villages, Jeshanah with its villages, and Ephron with its villages. 20Jeroboam did not again recover strength in the days of Abijah; and the Lord struck him and he died. But Abijah became powerful, and he took fourteen wives for himself, and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters. 22Now the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways and his words are written in the treatise of Iddo the prophet.

2 Chronicles 13:21 word by word

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

• But Abijahאֲבִיָּ֫הוּ, אֲבִיָּה'ăbîyâh 'ăbîyâhû · AbijahH29
• becameחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: strengthenH2388
• and he tookנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: marryH5375
• fourteenאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• fourteenעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• wivesאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• for himself, and fatheredיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• twenty-twoעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• twenty-twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 13:21

• 2 Samuel 5:12And David realized that the Lord had appointed him as king over Israel, and that He had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
• 2 Chronicles 11:21Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom more than all his other wives and concubines. For he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
• Judges 8:30Now Gideon had seventy sons who were his direct descendants, for he had many wives.
• Judges 9:5Then he went to his father’s house in Ophrah and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, because he hid himself.
• Judges 10:4And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty cities in the land of Gilead that are called Havvoth-jair to this day.

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