2 Chronicles 13:21

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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.

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  • 2 Chr 11:18-23
    6 verses
    80%

    18 Rehoboam married Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth, who was a son of David, and Abihail, the daughter of Eliab, the son of Jesse.

    19 She bore him sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.

    20 After her, he married Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

    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.

    22 Rehoboam appointed Abijah, son of Maacah, as the chief and leader among his brothers, intending to make him king.

    23 He was wise in distributing his sons throughout all the regions of Judah and Benjamin, to all the fortified cities. He provided them with abundant provisions and secured many wives for them.

  • 2 Chr 13:22
    79%

    22 The rest of the acts of Abijah, his ways, and his sayings are written in the commentary of the prophet Iddo.

  • 2 Chr 13:19-20
    2 verses
    76%

    19 Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured cities from him: Bethel and its surrounding villages, Jeshanah and its surrounding villages, and Ephron and its surrounding villages.

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

  • 1 Chr 14:3
    75%

    3 David took more wives in Jerusalem, and he had more sons and daughters.

  • 1 Kgs 15:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.

    2 He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.

  • 2 Chr 13:1-4
    4 verses
    73%

    1 In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah.

    2 He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Micaiah, the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

    3 Abijah went into battle with an army of valiant warriors, four hundred thousand chosen men, while Jeroboam arranged against him eight hundred thousand chosen men, mighty warriors.

    4 Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, "Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel!"

  • Judg 8:30-31
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 5:13
    73%

    13 After coming from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.

  • 1 Kgs 14:1
    72%

    1 At that time, Abijah, son of Jeroboam, became sick.

  • 2 Chr 24:3
    71%

    3 Jehoiada arranged for Joash to marry two wives, and he fathered sons and daughters.

  • 1 Kgs 15:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7 The rest of the acts of Abijam and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Judah? There was also war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

    8 Abijam rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David, and his son Asa became king in his place.

  • 1 Chr 2:29
    70%

    29 Abishur’s wife was named Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.

  • 1 Kgs 11:3
    70%

    3 He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away.

  • 1 Chr 4:27
    69%

    27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, and their families did not grow as large as the sons of Judah.

  • Ezra 10:44
    69%

    44 All these had married foreign women, and some of them had even fathered children by them.

  • 1 Chr 2:16
    68%

    16 Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel—three in total.

  • 2 Chr 12:16
    68%

    16 Rehoboam rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David. His son Abijah succeeded him as king.

  • Job 42:13
    68%

    13 He also had seven sons and three daughters.

  • Matt 1:7
    68%

    7 Solomon was the father of Rehoboam; Rehoboam was the father of Abijah; Abijah was the father of Asa.

  • Jer 29:6
    67%

    6 Take wives and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage so they may have sons and daughters. Multiply there, and do not decrease.

  • Judg 12:9
    67%

    9 He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He sent his daughters outside the family for marriage and brought in thirty daughters from outside for his sons. He judged Israel for seven years.

  • 2 Chr 13:15
    67%

    15 Then the men of Judah raised a battle cry, and as they shouted, God struck down Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 14:20
    67%

    20 Jeroboam reigned for twenty-two years. Then he rested with his ancestors, and his son Nadab succeeded him as king.

  • 2 Chr 21:6
    67%

    6 He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for he had married a daughter of Ahab. So he did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord.

  • 1 Chr 7:4
    67%

    4 Alongside these, according to their generations and their ancestral families, were divisions of warriors for battle—thirty-six thousand in total, for they had many wives and children.

  • 1 Kgs 2:21
    67%

    21 So she said, 'Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.'

  • 1 Kgs 16:31
    67%

    31 As if it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he also married Jezebel, the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal and worship him.

  • 1 Chr 3:3
    67%

    3 The fifth was Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital; the sixth was Ithream, whose mother was Eglah, David's wife.

  • Deut 21:15
    67%

    15 If a man has two wives, one loved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the firstborn is the son of the unloved wife,

  • 2 Sam 16:21-22
    2 verses
    67%

    21 Ahithophel answered, "Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he left to care for the palace. Then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself obnoxious to your father, and the hands of everyone with you will be strengthened."

    22 So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

  • 2 Chr 21:13
    66%

    13 But you followed the ways of the kings of Israel and led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem into unfaithfulness, just as the house of Ahab led people into idolatry. You even killed your brothers, the members of your father's family, who were better than you.

  • Mark 12:20
    66%

    20 'Now there were seven brothers. The first married a woman and died, leaving no children.'

  • 2 Chr 14:1
    66%

    1 Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God.