2 Chronicles 24:3

And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Jehoiada	יְהוֹיָדָ֖ע ye.ho.ya.Da'	H3077	Jehojada · proper noun, a man's name
took	וַיִּשָּׂא vai.yi.sa'-	H5375	to lift · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
two	שְׁתָּ֑יִם she.Ta.yim	H8147	two · noun, common feminine dual absolute
wives	נָשִׁ֣ים na.Shim	H802	a woman · noun, common masculine plural absolute
begat	וַיּ֖וֹלֶד vai.Yo.led	H3205	to bear young · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
sons	בָּנִ֥ים ba.Nim	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
daughters	וּבָנֽוֹת u.va.Not	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Genesis 4:19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
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.
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.
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,

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 24:1-14

This account of Joash's good beginnings we had as it stands here Kg2 12:1, etc., though the latter part of this chapter, concerning his apostasy, we had little of there. What is good in men we should take all occasions to speak of and often repeat it; what is evil we should make mention of but sparingly, and no more than is needful. We shall here only observe, 1. That it is a happy thing for young people, when they are setting out in the world, to be under the direction of those that are wise and good and faithful to them, as Joash was under the influence of Jehoiada, during whose time he did that which was right. Let those that are young reckon it a blessing to them, and not a burden and ch…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 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.

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 24:1

Joash was seven years old - As he was hidden six years in the temple, and was but seven when he came to the throne, he could have been but one year old when he was secreted by his aunt; see on Ch2 22:10 (note).

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 24:3

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…

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Dictionary and topics

Polygamy · Tolerate — Tolerate

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2 Chronicles 24:3

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Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 24:1-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 24:3

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 24:1

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 24:3

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2 Chronicles 24:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 24:1-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 24:3

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 24:1

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 24:3

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Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 24:3

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