2 Chronicles 13:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But Abijah grew strong, married fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.”
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“But Abijah grew strong, married fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But Abijah waxed mighty, and took unto himself fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Abijah strengtheneth himself, and taketh to him fourteen wives, and begetteth twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Chronicles 13:21 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 8:30Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
- Judges 9:5He 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.
- Judges 10:4He 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.
- 2 Samuel 5:12And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 11:21Rehoboam 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.
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