20 Jeroboam did not recover his power in the days of Abijah. (A)And the Lord struck him down, (B)and he died. 21 But Abijah grew mighty. And he took fourteen wives and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters. 22 The rest of the acts of Abijah, his ways and his sayings, are written in the (C)story of the prophet (D)Iddo.

Asa Reigns in Judah

14 [a] (E)Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land had rest for ten years.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 14:1 Ch 13:23 in Hebrew

Death of Jeroboam

20 Jeroboam did not again recover strength in the days of Abijah; and the (A)Lord struck him and (B)he died.

21 But Abijah became powerful, and he took fourteen wives for himself, and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters. 22 Now the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways and his words are written in (C)the [a]treatise of (D)Iddo the prophet.

Asa Succeeds Abijah in Judah

14 [b](E)So Abijah [c]lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David, and his son Asa became king in his place. The land was undisturbed for ten years during his days.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 13:22 Heb midrash
  2. 2 Chronicles 14:1 Ch 13:23 in Heb
  3. 2 Chronicles 14:1 I.e., died