But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
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Gill's Exposition
And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings,.... Not only his warlike actions, and his course of life, but some remarkable sayings of his, he being a man of wisdom and eloquence,…
Adam Clarke
Married fourteen wives - Probably he made alliances with the neighboring powers, by taking their daughters to him for wives.
We do not find that Jeroboam offered to make any answer at all to Abijah's speech. Though it was much to the purpose, he resolved not to heed it, and therefore he heard it as though he heard it not.…
The Epilogue of Abijah's Reign
21. married R.V. took unto himself. The many wives (fourteen) are mentioned here as a symbol of the wealth and state of Abijah.
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