What is the context?
Abijah captures cities and their villages, while Jeroboam does not regain strength during Abijah’s days. The narrator also records the Lord striking Jeroboam and his death.
Abijah grows strong, and the account remembers his wives and children before referring to Iddo’s record of his words and deeds. Military advantage and family growth are brought into the short summary.
The notice is not a full chronological account of every later northern event. Nor does inclusion of the marriages make them a command for others to imitate.
How is this passage commonly understood?
Wesley understands the family figures as covering Abijah’s life rather than requiring all the children to be born after the battle in the remaining portion of a three-year reign. The wording can be read as a summary without inventing a detailed sequence for each marriage or identifying every event with the same day.
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