2 Chronicles 13:21 BSB

2 Chronicles 13:21

But Abijah grew strong, married fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

BSB

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ASV

But Abijah waxed mighty, and took unto himself fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.

KJV

But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

But Abijah waxed mighty,.... In his kingdom, increasing in riches and numbers, power and authority, and in his family: and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons and sixteen daughters; not after the above battle, nor since he began to reign; for he reigned but three years; but he, no doubt, married wives and had children before he came to the throne, as he might have others after.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Married fourteen wives - Probably he made alliances with the neighboring powers, by taking their daughters to him for wives.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֣ק	vai.yit.cha.Zek	and he strengthened himself	H2388 →
אֲבִיָּ֔הוּ	'a.vi.Ya.hu	Abijah	H29 →
וַיִּ֨שָּׂא־	vai.Yi.sa'-	and he took	H5375 →
ל֔וֹ	lo	for himself
נָשִׁ֖ים	na.Shim	wives	H802 →
אַרְבַּ֣ע	'ar.Ba'	four-	H702 →
עֶשְׂרֵ֑ה	'es.Reh	teen	H6240 →
וַיּ֗וֹלֶד	vai.Yo.led	and he fathered	H3205 →
עֶשְׂרִ֤ים	'es.Rim	twenty	H6242 →
וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙	u.she.Na.yim	and two	H8147 →
בָּנִ֔ים	ba.Nim	sons	H1121 →
וְשֵׁ֥שׁ	ve.Shesh	and six-	H8337 →
עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה	'es.Reh	teen	H6240 →
בָּנֽוֹת׃ ס	ba.Not	daughters	H1323 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

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Through
2 Chronicles 11:21
Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 17:17
  He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.
- 1 Kings 11:3
  He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.
- Judges 8:30
  Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
- 2 Samuel 3:2–5
  And sons were born to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel;
- 2 Samuel 5:13
  After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
Through
Judges 9:5
He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.
leads to
- 2 Kings 11:1–2
  When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.
- Judges 6:24
  So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Through
Judges 10:4
He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.
leads to
- Numbers 32:41
  Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.

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