| 21. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Chronicles 13:21:1 ⧉וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֣קvayitkhazekand he strengthened himself or grew mighty 2 Chronicles 13:21:2 ⧉אֲבִיָּ֔הוּaviyahuAbijah 2 Chronicles 13:21:3 ⧉וַיִּשָּׂא־ל֥וֹvayisaloand he took for himself 2 Chronicles 13:21:4 ⧉נָשִׁ֖יםnashimwives or women 2 Chronicles 13:21:5 ⧉אַרְבַּ֣עarbafour 2 Chronicles 13:21:6 ⧉עֶשְׂרֵ֑הesereten 2 Chronicles 13:21:7 ⧉וַיּ֗וֹלֶדvayoledand he fathered or begot 2 Chronicles 13:21:8 ⧉עֶשְׂרִ֤יםeserimtwenty 2 Chronicles 13:21:9 ⧉וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙ushenayimand two 2 Chronicles 13:21:10 ⧉בָּנִ֔יםbanimsons 2 Chronicles 13:21:11 ⧉וְשֵׁ֥שׁvesheshand six 2 Chronicles 13:21:12 ⧉עֶשְׂרֵ֖הesereten 2 Chronicles 13:21:13 ⧉בָּנ֑וֹת׃סbanotdaughters |
| 21. Formal Translation But Abijah strengthened himself, and he took fourteen wives for himself and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters. |
| 21. Dynamic Translation Abijah became stronger, married fourteen wives, and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters. |