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twillight wrote:

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2 Chronicles 13:21:

Abijah had 14 wives. He ruled for 3 years, but in the 1st year he was busy waring, so he has 2 years left.
Now Abijah begat 38 children. Abijah died a natural death. So in 2 years he begat 19 childeren per year.

I wonder how. He had to be very fertile, to the point of artificial insemination.

I don't see how you get that. Women have the problem of four days of fertility during a cycle. Men are fertile just about every time they have sex, unless you really milk the mule. So even if you're only going to allow him to marry and have kids while he's ruler, 38 kids in three years, assuming no twins, means he has to have sex with a fertile woman slightly more than once per month.

What's the MAX?
Let's see, he rises to the throne, let's say on January 2nd (following the holiday), takes a month to acquire 14 wives, unprotected sex for a month (in his castle or his royal tent on the warpath), knocks them up by February, 14 kids in October. They breast feed for a month then turn the kids over to nursing nannies. Another month of sex, all 14 wives preggers, 14 more kids in August, total of 28. Another month of feeding. Another month of sexing. 14 more kids by June the following year, 42 kids total. Two more months of breast feeding and sex. Fourteen more kids germinated, he dies at the end of three years, survived by 56 kids.

Next king would find a castle full of toys and smelling of diapers, but 38 isn't even stretching the possibilities.

twillight wrote:

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I no nothing how much rest women need after a child, and I put this here only for curiosity.
My logic by the way was, that you d not want to kill your wives, so
January 1: impregnate
December 31: 14 children
Next year: 28 children.
After the king dies: noone gives a damn for more children by the Bible's logic, as they are only needed to choose the new king.

Well, they're still descendants of royalty. So the third year kids would be 42 children, then maybe 14 more born posthumously.

So 10 child must be twins.

Nope. No need for that. Except to fit the kids into your unnecessarily tight timetable.

For perfection 9 month per pregnation, 2 circle (= 28 kid if 1 kid from 1 mother), 6 month remains = not enough.

You mean, two cycle? 3 years has four 9-month cycles.

Thought I'll give a topic where we can simply be amused, and not argue.

Then you have a bit to learn about this forum. If you're on a christain forum, and say something wrong in your defense of the Books, Jesus or God, then the other christains may give you a pass as your heart's in the right place. Around here, if you're wrong, and a skeptic notices an error, he's more likely to point out the error than to ask, first, if the poster's ideology deserves more latitude.

A guy with 14 wives who lives a full life is likely to have a raft of children. Why you feel like cramming all of that into a two-year period, just to be amused....well, it certainly seems unsupported by the litany.