2 Chronicles 11:21 lists Rehoboam's many wives and children — Abijah's father had even more, showing a family pattern of polygamy.

2 Samuel 5:13 notes David took more wives and had children — parallel to Abijah taking fourteen wives and having many children.

Judges 8:30 also records a man with many sons from many wives, paralleling Abijah's large family as a sign of blessing.