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King James Version (1611 Edition)

2 Chronicles 24:3

And Iehoiada tooke for him two wiues, and he begat sonnes 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.
Complete Jewish Bible
Y'hoyada chose two wives for him, and he became the father of sons and daughters.
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.
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 Ioash was seuen yeeres old when he beganne to reigne; and he reigned fortie yeeres in Ierusalem: his mothers name also was Zibiah, of Beer-sheba. 2 And Ioash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, all the dayes of Iehoiada the Priest. 3 And Iehoiada tooke for him two wiues, and he begat sonnes and daughters. 4 And it came to passe after this that Ioash was minded to repaire the house of the Lord. 5 And hee gathered together the priests and the Leuites, and saide to them, Go out vnto the cities of Iudah, and gather of all Israel money to repaire the house of your God from yeere to yere, and see that ye haste the matter: howbeit the Leuites hastened it not. 6 And the king called for Iehoiada the chiefe, and saide vnto him, Why hast thou not required of the Leuites to bring in out of Iudah and out of Ierusalem, the collection, according to the commandement of Moses the seruant of the Lord, and of the Congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of Witnesse? 7 For the sonnes of Athaliah that wicked woman, had broken vp the house of God, and also all the dedicate things of the house of the Lord, did they bestow vpon Baalim. 8 And at the kings commandement they made a chest, and set it without, at the gate of the house of the Lord. 9 And they made a proclamation through Iudah & Ierusalem, to bring in to the Lord, the collection that Moses the seruant of God laid vpon Israel in the wildernesse. 10 And all the Princes and all the people reioyced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, vntill they had made an ende.

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
That the sonnes of God saw the daughters of men, that they were faire, and they took them wiues, of all which they chose.
Genesis 6:4
There were Giants in the earth in those daies: and also after that, when the sonnes of God came in vnto the daughters of men, & they bare children to them; the same became mightie men, which were of old, men of renowme.
Genesis 14:19
And hee blessed him, and saide; Blessed bee Abram of the most high God, possessour of heauen and earth,
Genesis 14:22
And Abram said to the King of Sodome, I haue lift vp my hand vnto the LORD, the most high God, the possessour of heauen and earth,
Genesis 21:23
Now therefore sweare vnto mee here by God, that thou wilt not deale falsly with me, nor with my sonne, nor with my sonnes sonne: but according to the kindnesse that I haue done vnto thee, thou shalt doe vnto me, and to the land wherein thou hast soiourned.
Genesis 24:3
And I will make thee sweare by the LORD the God of heauen, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife vnto my sonne of the daughters of the Canaanites amongst whom I dwell.
Genesis 24:4
But thou shalt go vnto my countrey, and to my kinred, and take a wife vnto my sonne Isaac.
Genesis 24:14
And let it come to passe, that the damsell to whom I shall say, Let downe thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drinke, and she shall say, Drinke, and I will giue thy camels drinke also; let the same be shee that thou hast appointed for thy seruant Isaac: and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindnesse vnto my master.
Genesis 24:15
And it came to passe before hee had done speaking, that behold, Rebekah came out, who was borne to Bethuel, sonne of Milcah, the wife of Nahor Abrahams brother, with her pitcher vpon her shoulder.
Genesis 24:17
And the seruant ranne to meete her, and said, Let mee (I pray thee) drinke a little water of thy pitcher.

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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