2nd Chronicles Chapter 13 verse 21 Holy Bible
But Abijah waxed mighty, and took unto himself fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
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But Abijah became great, and had fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
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But Abijah strengthened himself, and took fourteen wives, and begot twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
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But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
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But Abijah became mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
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But Abijah grew mighty, and took to himself fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons, and sixteen daughters.
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And Abijah strengtheneth himself, and taketh to him fourteen wives, and begetteth twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 21. - Waxed mighty. For this our Authorized Version reads, "waxed fat and wanton" (Hebrew, יִתְחַזֵּק), and grew too like his father Rehoboam and his grandfather Solomon, forgetting the "Law" (Deuteronomy 17:17).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(21) But Abijah waxed mighty.--And Abijah strengthened himself, after his life-and-death struggle with Jeroboam. (See on 2Chronicles 12:13.)And married fourteen wives, and begat twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.--Abijah reigned only three years altogether. He must, therefore, have had most of these wives and children before his accession. (2Chronicles 11:21-23 may be said to imply this; see Note on 2Chronicles 11:23.) A stop should be placed after the first clause, thus: "And Abijah strengthened himself. And he took him fourteen wives, and begat twenty-two sons," etc. The two facts are merely placed side by side, though a tacit contrast may be suggested between the number of Abijah's off-spring, and the speedy extirpation of the house of Jeroboam.
