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2 Chronicles 13:21

Abijah

19 Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.

20 Jeroboam did not again recover his power during the days of Abijah, and the LORD struck him down and he died.

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

22 Now the rest of the acts of Abijah, along with his ways and his words, are written in the Treatise of the Prophet Iddo.

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BSB
But Abijah grew strong, married fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
KJV
But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
WEB
But Abijah grew mighty and took for himself fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
ASV
But Abijah waxed mighty, and took unto himself fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
DARBY
But Abijah strengthened himself, and took fourteen wives, and begot twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
BLB
And Abijah strengthened himself, and he took to himself fourteen wives, and he begat twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
ÅB
Men Abia ble mektig. Han tok seg fjorten hustruer og fikk to og tyve sønner og seksten døtre.
OTB
Men Abia vokste i styrke; og han tok fjorten koner for seg selv og fikk tjue-to sønner og seksten døtre.
B1930
Men Abia blev mektig. Han tok sig fjorten hustruer og fikk to og tyve sønner og seksten døtre.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Judges 8:30–31

    Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.

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  • 2 Samuel 5:12–13

    And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.

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