Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he became the father of 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.
NET Bible
Jehoiada chose two wives for him who gave him 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 that which was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest. 3 Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he became the father of sons and daughters. 4 It happened after this, that Joash intended to restore the house of the LORD.
Names
Cross References
Genesis 4:19
Lamech took two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Genesis 21:21
He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.
Genesis 24:4
But you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac."
2 Chronicles 24:15
But Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, and he died; one hundred thirty years old was he when he died.
Matthew 19:4-8
He answered, and said, "Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female,