2 Chronicles 13:20-14:1
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
20 Jeroboam did not recover his power in the days of Abijah; the Lord struck him down, and he died.(A) 21 But Abijah strengthened himself. He took fourteen wives and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters. 22 The rest of the acts of Abijah, his behavior and his deeds, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.(B)
Asa Reigns
14 [a]So Abijah slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in the city of David. His son Asa succeeded him. In his days the land was quiet for ten years.(C)
Footnotes
- 14.1 13.23 in Heb
2 Chronicles 13:20-14:1
New American Standard Bible
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
- 2 Chronicles 13:22 Heb midrash
- 2 Chronicles 14:1 Ch 13:23 in Heb
- 2 Chronicles 14:1 I.e., died
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