Verse 21

But Abijah grew stronger. He married fourteen wives and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

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  • Judg 8:30-31 : 30 Gideon had seventy sons of his own, for he had many wives. 31 His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
  • Judg 9:5 : 5 He went to his father’s house at Ophrah and killed his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal, on one stone. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, escaped by hiding himself.
  • Judg 10:4 : 4 He had thirty sons, who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty towns, which are called Havvoth-Jair to this day, in the land of Gilead.
  • 2 Sam 5:12-13 : 12 Then David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel. 13 After coming from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
  • 2 Chr 11:21 : 21 Rehoboam loved Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, more than all his other wives and concubines. He had married eighteen wives and had sixty concubines, and he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.