2 Chronicles 24:3

2 Chronicles 24:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
• New International Version (NIV)Jehoiada chose two wives for him, and he had sons and daughters.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Jehoiada got for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he had sons and daughters.

Context of 2 Chronicles 24:3

1Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah from Beersheba. 2Joash did what was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest [his uncle]. Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he fathered sons and daughters. 4Now it came about after this that Joash decided to restore the house (temple) of the Lord. 5He gathered the priests and the Levites and said to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect money from all Israel to repair the house of your God from year to year; and see that you do it quickly.” But the Levites did not act quickly.

2 Chronicles 24:3 word by word

וַיִּשָּׂא־ל֥וֹ יְהוֹיָדָ֖ע נָשִׁ֣ים שְׁתָּ֑יִם וַיּ֖וֹלֶד בָּנִ֥ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Jehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָעyehôyâdâ‛ · JehoiadaH3077
• tookנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: marryH5375
• for him twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• wivesאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• and he begatיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• and daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 24:3

• 2 Chronicles 24:15Now when Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, he died. He was a hundred and thirty years old at his death.
• Genesis 21:21He lived in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
• Genesis 24:4but you will [instead] go to my [former] country (Mesopotamia) and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac [the heir of the covenant promise].”
• Genesis 4:19And Lamech took for himself two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah.
• Matthew 19:4He replied, “Have you never read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female,

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 24:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Athaliah‘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.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Jehoiada selected two wives for Joash, likely to ensure David's royal line had many descendants.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-142Ch 24:1-14. Joash Reigns Well All the Days of Jehoiada. 1-3. Joash ... began to reign--(See on 2Ki 12:1-3).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 24:3

• Polygamy

In the dictionaries

• Jehoiada
• Jehoash; Joash
• Jerusalem
• Priest, High
• Treasury, (of Temple)

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings