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2 Chronicles 13:21
21Meanwhile, Abijah of Judah grew more and more powerful. He married fourteen wives and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
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 and his army pursued Jeroboam’s troops and captured some of his towns, including Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their surrounding villages. 20So Jeroboam of Israel never regained his power during Abijah’s lifetime, and finally the Lord struck him down and he died. Meanwhile, Abijah of Judah grew more and more powerful. He married fourteen wives and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters. 22The rest of the events of Abijah’s reign, including his words and deeds, are recorded in The Commentary of Iddo the Prophet.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 132 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 5:12And David realized that the Lord had confirmed him as king over Israel and had blessed his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 11:21Rehoboam loved Maacah more than any of his other wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and they gave birth to twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
- Judges 8:30He had seventy sons born to him, for he had many wives.
- Judges 9:5He went to his father’s home at Ophrah, and there, on one stone, they killed all seventy of his half brothers, the sons of Gideon. But the youngest brother, Jotham, escaped and hid.
- Judges 10:4His thirty sons rode around on thirty donkeys, and they owned thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which are still called the Towns of Jair.
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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
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