2 Chronicles 13:21

“But Abijah waxed mighty, etc.] In his kingdom, increasing in riches and numbers, power and authority, and in his family: and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons and sixteen daughters; not after the above battle, nor since he began to reign; for he reigned but three years; but he, no doubt, married wives and had children before he came to the throne, as he might have others after.”

“Married - Not after this victory, for he died presently after it, but in the whole time of his life. Next: 2 Chronicles Chapter 14”

“waxed: Sa2 5:12, Sa2 5:13 fourteen wives: Ch2 11:21 begat: Jdg 8:30, Jdg 8:31, Jdg 9:5, Jdg 10:4 2 Chronicles 13:22”

“Wives and children of Abijah. His death. - Ch2 13:21. While Jeroboam was not able to recover from the defeat he had suffered, Abijah established himself in his kingdom (יתחזּק, cf. Ch2 12:13), and took to himself fourteen wives. The taking of these wives is not to be regarded as later in time than his establishment of his rule after the victory over Jeroboam. Since Abijah reigned only three years, he must have already had the greater number of his wives and children when he ascended the throne, as we may gather also from Ch2 11:21-23. The ו consec. with ישּׂא serves only to connect logically the information as to his wives and children with the preceding, as the great increase of his family…”