New Living Translation
2 Chronicles 24:3
3Jehoiada chose two wives for Joash, and he had sons and daughters.
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 in Jerusalem forty years. His mother was Zibiah from Beersheba. 2Joash did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight throughout the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest. Jehoiada chose two wives for Joash, and he had sons and daughters. 4At one point Joash decided to repair and restore the Temple of the Lord. 5He summoned the priests and Levites and gave them these instructions: “Go to all the towns of Judah and collect the required annual offerings, so that we can repair the Temple of your God. Do not delay!” But the Levites did not act immediately.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 242 Chronicles 24:3 word by word
וַיִּשָּׂא־ל֥וֹ יְהוֹיָדָ֖ע נָשִׁ֣ים שְׁתָּ֑יִם וַיּ֖וֹלֶד בָּנִ֥ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 24:3
- 2 Chronicles 24:15Jehoiada lived to a very old age, finally dying at 130.
- Genesis 21:21and he settled in the wilderness of Paran. His mother arranged for him to marry a woman from the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 24:4Go instead to my homeland, to my relatives, and find a wife there for my son Isaac.”
- Genesis 4:19Lamech married two women. The first was named Adah, and the second was Zillah.
- Matthew 19:4“Haven’t you read the Scriptures?” Jesus replied. “They record that from the beginning ‘God 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
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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
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