²¹ But Abijah strengthened himself. He took fourteen wives and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

²¹ Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his other wives and concubines (he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters).^(A)

¹² David then perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel and that he had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

¹³ In Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives, and more sons and daughters were born to David.^(A)

⁴ He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty towns, which are in the land of Gilead and are called Havvoth-jair to this day.^(A)

⁵ He went to his father’s house at Ophrah and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone, but Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, for he hid himself.^(A)

³⁰ Now Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, for he had many wives.^{(A) 31} His concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.^(B)