But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
The verse belongs to the account of Abijah's three-year reign as king of Jerusalem and Judah. In that setting Abijah fought Jeroboam, king of Israel. Jeroboam had caused the ten tribes to revolt after Solomon's death and set up an independent confederacy, and he then attempted to subdue Jerusalem so as to rule the whole nation of Israel. The decisive battle ended with the Lord helping Judah defeat a far larger army.
The division of Judah and Israel parallels the American North and South. Jeroboam's revolt pictures what the Southern States have done under Jefferson Davis. Jeroboam's attempt to subdue Abijah pictures Davis trying to establish his government over the North.
The verse belongs to the account of Abijah's three-year reign as king of Jerusalem and Judah. In that setting Abijah fought Jeroboam, king of Israel. Jeroboam had caused the ten tribes to revolt after Solomon's death and set up an independent confederacy, and he then attempted to subdue Jerusalem so as to rule the whole nation of Israel. The decisive battle ended with the Lord helping Judah defeat a far larger army.
The division of Judah and Israel parallels the American North and South. Jeroboam's revolt pictures what the Southern States have done under Jefferson Davis. Jeroboam's attempt to subdue Abijah pictures Davis trying to establish his government over the North.