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

19And Abijah pursued Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with its towns, and Jeshanah with its towns, and Ephrain with its towns. 20Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died. But Abijah became mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters. 22And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story 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

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

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 13:21

• 2 Samuel 5:12And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel’s sake.
• 2 Chronicles 11:21And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and sixty concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and sixty daughters.)
• Judges 8:30And Gideon had seventy sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
• Judges 9:5And he went to his father’s house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being seventy persons, upon one stone: however Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
• Judges 10:4And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty young donkeys, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair to this day, which are in the land 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