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2 Chronicles 24:3

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he became the father of sons and daughters.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begot sons and daughters.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— And Jehoiada took for him two wives,—and he begat sons and daughters.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And Jehoiada taketh for him two wives, and he begetteth sons and daughters.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And Joiada took for him two wives, by whom he had sons and daughters.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And Iehoiada tooke him two wiues, and he begate sonnes and daughters.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And Iehoiada tooke for him two wiues, and he begat sonnes and daughters.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And Jehoiadah the priest took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And Jehoiada{gr.Jodae} took to himself two wives, and they bore sons and daughters.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And Yehoyada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
And Yæhôyäđä` יְהוֹיָדָע 3077
{3077} Prime
יְהוֹיָדָע
Y@howyada`
{yeh-ho-yaw-daw'}
From H3068 and H3045; Jehovah-known; Jehojada, the name of three Israelites.
took 5375
{5375} Prime
נָשָׂא
nasa'
{naw-saw'}
A primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, absolutely and relatively.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
for him two 8147
{8147} Prime
שְׁתַּיִם
sh@nayim
{shen-ah'-yim}
(The first form being dual of H8145; the second form being feminine); two; also (as ordinal) twofold.
wives; 802
{0802} Prime
אִשָּׁה
'ishshah
{ish-shaw'}
The first form is the feminine of H0376 or H0582; the second form is an irregular plural; a woman (used in the same wide sense as H0582).
and he begat 3205
{3205} Prime
יָלַד
yalad
{yaw-lad'}
A primitive root; to bear young; causatively to beget; medically to act as midwife; specifically to show lineage.
z8686
<8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 4046
sons 1121
{1121} Prime
בֵּן
ben
{bane}
From H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001, H0251, etc.).
and daughters. 1323
{1323} Prime
בַּת
bath
{bath}
From H1129 (as feminine of H1121); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on 2 Chronicles 24:1-3.


2 Chronicles 24:3

_ _ Jehoiada took for him two wives — As Jehoiada was now too old to contract such new alliances, the generality of interpreters apply this statement to the young king.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on 2 Chronicles 24:1-14.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
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 But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old [was he] when he died.
Genesis 21:21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
Genesis 24:4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

two wives:

Genesis 4:19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one [was] Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Matthew 19:4-8 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made [them] at the beginning made them male and female, ... He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
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Gn 4:19; 21:21; 24:4. 2Ch 24:15. Mt 19:4.

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