Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
who found two wives for him, so he fathered sons and daughters.
New American Standard Bible
Jehoiada took two wives for him, 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.
Holman Bible
Jehoiada acquired two wives for him, and he was the father of sons and daughters.
A Conservative Version
And Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he begot sons and daughters.
American Standard Version
And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
Amplified
Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he fathered sons and daughters.
Bible in Basic English
And Jehoiada took 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.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jehoiada will take to him two wives; and he will beget sons and daughters
King James 2000
And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he fathered sons and daughters.
Modern King James verseion
And Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he fathered sons and daughters.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Jehoiada gave him two wives, and he begat sons and daughters.
NET Bible
Jehoiada chose two wives for him who gave him sons and daughters.
New Heart English Bible
Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he became the father of sons and daughters.
The Emphasized Bible
And Jehoiada took for him two wives, - and he begat sons and daughters.
Webster
And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
World English Bible
Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he became the father of sons and daughters.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jehoiada taketh for him two wives, and he begetteth sons and daughters.
Interlinear
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 24:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joash Repairs The Temple
2 Joash practiced what the LORD considered to be right during the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest, 3 who found two wives for him, so he fathered sons and daughters. 4 Later on, Joash decided to rebuild the LORD's Temple,
Names
Cross References
Genesis 4:19
Later, Lamech married two wives. One was named Adah and the other was named Zillah.
Genesis 21:21
Later he settled in the desert area of Paran, and his mother chose a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
Genesis 24:4
Instead, you are to go to my country and to my family and acquire a wife for my son Isaac."
2 Chronicles 24:15
Eventually, Jehoiada grew old and died at the age of 130 years, after having lived a full life.
Matthew 19:4-8
He answered them, "Haven't you read that the one who made them at the beginning "made them male and female'