2 Chronicles 13:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But Abijah became great, and had fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

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  • Judg 8:30-31 : 30 Gideon had seventy sons, the offspring of his body; for he had a number of wives. 31 And the servant-wife he had in Shechem had a son by him, to whom he gave the name Abimelech.
  • Judg 9:5 : 5 Then he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and put his brothers, the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, to death on the same stone; however, Jotham, the youngest, kept himself safe by going away to a secret place.
  • Judg 10:4 : 4 And he had thirty sons, who went on thirty young asses; and they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which are named Havvoth-Jair to this day.
  • 2 Sam 5:12-13 : 12 And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, and that he had made his kingdom great because of his people Israel. 13 And David took more women and wives in Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and he had more sons and daughters.
  • 2 Chr 11:21 : 21 Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, was dearer to Rehoboam than all his wives and his servant-wives: (for he had eighteen wives and sixty servant-wives, and was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)

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    18 And Rehoboam took as his wife Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth, the son of David and of Abihail, the daughter of Eliab, the son of Jesse;

    19 And she had sons by him, Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.

    20 And after her he took Maacah, the daughter of Absalom; and she had Abijah and Attai and Ziza and Shelomith by him.

    21 Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, was dearer to Rehoboam than all his wives and his servant-wives: (for he had eighteen wives and sixty servant-wives, and was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)

    22 Rehoboam made Abijah, the son of Maacah, chief and ruler among his brothers, for it was his purpose to make him king.

    23 And in his wisdom he had his sons stationed in every walled town through all the lands of Judah and Benjamin; and he gave them a great store of food, and took wives for them.

  • 22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways and his sayings, are recorded in the account of the prophet Iddo.

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    19 And Abijah went after Jeroboam and took some of his towns, Beth-el with its small towns and Jeshanah with its small towns and Ephron with its small towns.

    20 And Jeroboam did not get back his power again in the life-time of Abijah; and the Lord sent death on him.

  • 3 And while he was living in Jerusalem, David took more wives and became the father of more sons and daughters.

  • 1 Kgs 15:1-2
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    1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.

    2 For three years he was king in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.

  • 2 Chr 13:1-4
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    1 In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah.

    2 He was king in Jerusalem for three years; his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

    3 And Abijah went out to the fight with an army of men of war, four hundred thousand of his best men; and Jeroboam put his forces in line against him, eight hundred thousand of his best men of war.

    4 And Abijah took up his position on Mount Zemaraim, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and said, Give ear to me, O Jeroboam and all Israel:

  • Judg 8:30-31
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    30 Gideon had seventy sons, the offspring of his body; for he had a number of wives.

    31 And the servant-wife he had in Shechem had a son by him, to whom he gave the name Abimelech.

  • 13 And David took more women and wives in Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and he had more sons and daughters.

  • 1 At that time Abijah, the son of Jeroboam, became ill.

  • 3 And Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he became the father of sons and daughters.

  • 1 Kgs 15:7-8
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    7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

    8 Then Abijam went to rest with his fathers, and they put him into the earth in the town of David: and Asa his son became king in his place.

  • 29 And the name of Abishur's wife was Abihail; and she had Ahban and Molid by him.

  • 3 He had seven hundred wives, daughters of kings, and three hundred other wives; and through his wives his heart was turned away.

  • 27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers had only a small number of children, and their family was not as fertile as the children of Judah.

  • 44 All these had taken strange wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had offspring.

  • 16 And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And Zeruiah had three sons: Abishai and Joab and Asahel.

  • 16 And Rehoboam went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David; and Abijah his son became king in his place.

  • 13 And he had seven sons and three daughters.

  • 7 And the son of Solomon was Rehoboam; and the son of Rehoboam was Abijah; and the son of Abijah was Asa;

  • 6 Take wives and have sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may have sons and daughters; and be increased in number there and do not become less.

  • 9 He had thirty sons, and thirty daughters whom he sent to other places, and he got thirty wives from other places for his sons. And he was judge of Israel for seven years.

  • 15 And the men of Judah gave a loud cry; and at their cry, God put fear into Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

  • 20 And Jeroboam was king for twenty-two years, and was put to rest with his fathers, and Nadab his son became king in his place.

  • 6 He went in the ways of the kings of Israel, and did as the family of Ahab did, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

  • 4 And with them, recorded in generations by their families, were bands of fighting-men, thirty-six thousand of them, for they had a great number of wives and sons.

  • 21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother for a wife.

  • 31 And as if copying the evil ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, was a small thing for him, he took as his wife Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of Zidon, and became a servant and worshipper of Baal.

  • 3 The fifth Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth Ithream, by Eglah his wife.

  • 15 If a man has two wives, one greatly loved and the other hated, and the two of them have had children by him; and if the first son is the child of the hated wife:

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    21 And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's women who are here looking after his house; then all Israel will have the news that you are hated by your father, and the hands of your supporters will be strong.

    22 So they put up the tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his father's women before the eyes of all Israel.

  • 13 But have gone in the way of the kings of Israel, and have made Judah and the people of Jerusalem go after false gods, as the family of Ahab did: and because you have put to death your father's sons, your brothers, who were better than yourself:

  • 20 There were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and at his death there were no offspring;

  • 1 So Abijah went to rest with his fathers, and they put him into the earth in the town of David, and Asa his son became king in his place; in his time the land was quiet for ten years.