Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Jehoiada chose two wives for him who gave him 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.
International Standard Version
who found two wives for him, so he fathered 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.
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 did what the Lord approved throughout the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest. 3 Jehoiada chose two wives for him who gave him sons and daughters. 4 Joash was determined to repair the Lord's temple.
Names
Cross References
Genesis 4:19
Lamech took two wives for himself; the name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.
Genesis 21:21
He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother found a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
Genesis 24:4
You must go instead to my country and to my relatives to find a wife for my son Isaac."
2 Chronicles 24:15
Jehoiada grew old and died at the age of 130.
Matthew 19:4-8
He answered, "Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female,