2 Chronicles 24:3

What does 2 Chronicles 24:3 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Chronicles 24:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he became the father of sons and daughters.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Jehoiada taketh for him two wives, and he begetteth sons and daughters.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And Joiada took for him two wives, by whom he had sons and daughters.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.2And Joash did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

v.3This passage

v.4And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to restore the house of Jehovah.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 24:4

    but thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.

  • 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

    And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

  • 2 Chronicles 24:15

    But Jehoiada waxed old and was full of days, and he died; a 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.

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