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Complete Jewish Bible

2 Chronicles 24:3

Y'hoyada chose two wives for him, and he became the father of sons and daughters.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Polygamy;   Thompson Chain Reference - Foes of the Home;   Home;   Polygamy;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jehoash;   Jehoiada;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Marriage;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jehoiada ;   Joash ;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jehoash;   Jehoiada;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Joash;   Marriage;   Polygamy;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jehoiada acquired two wives for him, and he was the father of sons and daughters.
Hebrew Names Version
Yehoiada took for him two wives; and he became the father of sons and daughters.
King James Version
And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
English Standard Version
Jehoiada got for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.
New Century Version
Jehoiada chose two wives for Joash, and Joash had sons and daughters.
New English Translation
Jehoiada chose two wives for him who gave him sons and daughters.
Amplified Bible
Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he fathered sons and daughters.
New American Standard Bible
Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he fathered sons and daughters.
World English Bible
Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he became the father of sons and daughters.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Iehoiada tooke him two wiues, and he begate sonnes and daughters.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Jehoiada took up two wives for him, and he became the father of sons and daughters.
Berean Standard Bible
Jehoiada took for himself two wives, and he had sons and daughters.
Contemporary English Version
Jehoiada even chose two women for Joash to marry so he could have a family.
Darby Translation
And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begot sons and daughters.
Easy-to-Read Version
Jehoiada chose two wives for Joash. Joash had sons and daughters.
George Lamsa Translation
And Jehoiadah the priest took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
Good News Translation
Jehoiada chose two wives for King Joash, and they bore him sons and daughters.
Lexham English Bible
And Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he fathered sons and daughters.
Literal Translation
And Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he fathered sons and daughters.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Ioiada gaue him two wiues, & he begat sonnes & doughters.
American Standard Version
And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
Bible in Basic English
And Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he became the father of sons and daughters.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iehoiada toke him two wyues, and he begat sonnes and daughters.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begot sons and daughters.
King James Version (1611)
And Iehoiada tooke for him two wiues, and he begat sonnes and daughters.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Jodae took to himself two wives, and they bore sons and daughters.
English Revised Version
And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli and Joas took twei wyues, of whyche he gendride sones and douytris.
Update Bible Version
And Jehoiada took for himself two wives; and he begot sons and daughters.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
New King James Version
And Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he had sons and daughters.
New Living Translation
Jehoiada chose two wives for Joash, and he had sons and daughters.
New Life Bible
Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he became the father of sons and daughters.
New Revised Standard
Jehoiada got two wives for him, and he became the father of sons and daughters.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Jehoiada took for him two wives, - and he begat sons and daughters.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Joiada took for him two wives, by whom he had sons and daughters.
Revised Standard Version
Jehoi'ada got for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehoiada taketh for him two wives, and he begetteth sons and daughters.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he became the father of sons and daughters.

Contextual Overview

1 Yo'ash was seven years old when he began his reign, and he reigned forty years in Yerushalayim. His mother's name was Tzivyah, from Be'er-Sheva. 2 Yo'ash did what was right from Adonai 's perspective throughout the lifetime of Y'hoyada the cohen. 3 Y'hoyada chose two wives for him, and he became the father of sons and daughters. 4 Some time later, Yo'ash decided to restore the house of Adonai . 5 He gathered the cohanim and L'vi'im and said to them, "Go out to the cities of Y'hudah, and collect money each year from all Isra'el to repair the house of your God. See that you do this promptly." But when the L'vi'im procrastinated, 6 the king summoned Y'hoyada the chief and said to him, "Why haven't you demanded that the L'vi'im bring in from Y'hudah and Yerushalayim the tax prescribed by Moshe the servant of Adonai and by the community of Isra'el, for the tent of the testimony?" 7 For the sons of that wicked ‘Atalyahu had broken up the house of God, and they had given all the consecrated things belonging to the house of Adonai to the ba‘alim. 8 Then, at the king's order, they made a box and placed it outside the entrance to the house of Adonai . 9 They proclaimed throughout Y'hudah and Yerushalayim that the tax Moshe the servant of God had imposed on Isra'el in the desert should be brought in for Adonai . 10 All the leaders and all the people were glad to bring in their contributions and put them in the box, until it was full.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

took for him: Not for himself, as the Jewish expositors suppose, but for Joash; for Jehoiada's advanced age renders it highly improbable that he should take them for himself. He was born in the reign of Solomon, and lived through six successive reigns; and must, on any computation, have been upwards of 100 years old when Joash began to reign. 2 Chronicles 24:15, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 24:4

two wives: Genesis 4:19, Matthew 19:4-8

Cross-References

Genesis 6:2
the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were attractive; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.
Genesis 6:4
The N'filim were on the earth in those days, and also afterwards, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; these were the ancient heroes, men of renown.
Genesis 14:19
so he blessed him with these words: "Blessed be Avram by El ‘Elyon, maker of heaven of earth.
Genesis 14:22
But Avram answered the king of S'dom, "I have raised my hand in an oath to Adonai , El ‘Elyon, maker of heaven and earth,
Genesis 21:23
Therefore, swear to me here by God that you will never deal falsely with me or with my son or grandson; but according to the kindness with which I have treated you, you will treat me and the land in which you have lived as a foreigner.
Genesis 24:3
because I want you to swear by Adonai , God of heaven and God of the earth, that you will not choose a wife for my son from among the women of the Kena‘ani, among whom I am living;
Genesis 24:4
but that you will go to my homeland, to my kinsmen, to choose a wife for my son Yitz'chak."
Genesis 24:14
I will say to one of the girls, ‘Please lower your jug, so that I can drink.' If she answers, ‘Yes, drink; and I will water your camels as well,' then let her be the one you intend for your servant Yitz'chak. This is how I will know that you have shown grace to my master."
Genesis 24:15
Before he had finished speaking, Rivkah the daughter of B'tu'el son of Milkah the wife of Nachor Avraham's brother, came out with her jug on her shoulder.
Genesis 24:17
The servant ran to meet her and said, "Please give me a sip of water from your jug to drink."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jehoiada took for him two wives,.... Not for himself; he had a wife who was aunt to King Joash, and he had sons who were concerned with him in anointing him, 2 Chronicles 22:11 and was now upwards of one hundred years of age; but for the king, when he was at an age fit for marriage, he advised him to marry, and proposed wives to him, whom he thought would be agreeable; for, observing what mischief was done both in church and state through Jehoram's marrying Athaliah, he was desirous of preventing any such disagreeable marriage; and as the young king was in all things guided and directed by him, so he was in this; and no doubt they were good women he pitched upon, and proposed to the king; one of them was Jehoadan, 2 Chronicles 25:1, but the name of the other we know not:

and he begat sons and daughters; how many is not said, nor do we read of the names of any of them, but of Amaziah who succeeded him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Athaliah’s destruction of the seed royal had left Joash without a natural successor, and his marriage at the earliest suitable age, was, therefore, a matter of state policy. One of his wives in question was probably “Jehoaddan of Jerusalem,” the mother of Amaziah 2 Chronicles 25:1, who must have been taken to wife by Joash as early as his 21st year.


 
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