2 Chronicles 24:3

24:2 And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

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

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

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

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

24:4 And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD. to repair: Heb. to renew

What does 2 Chronicles 24:3 mean?

2 Chronicles 24:3 is a verse in the book of 2 Chronicles, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יְהוֹיָדָע (Yᵉhôwyâdâʻ), נָשָׂא (nâsâʼ), שְׁנַיִם (shᵉnayim). It connects to 4 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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JehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָעYᵉhôwyâdâʻ/yeh-ho-yaw-daw'/H3077Jehojada, the name of three Israelites

tookנָשָׂאnâsâʼ/naw-saw'/H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

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him

twoשְׁנַיִםshᵉnayim/shen-ah'-yim/H8147two; also (as ordinal) twofold

wives;אִשָּׁהʼishshâh/ish-shaw'/H802a woman

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begatיָלַדyâlad/yaw-lad'/H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage

sonsבֵּןbên/bane/H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

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daughters.בַּתbath/bath/H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)

Commentary on 2 Chronicles 24:3

HENRY_FULL · 2 Chronicles 24:3

This chapter concludes the history of the reign of Asa, but does not furnish so pleasing an account of his latter end as we had of his beginning. I. Here is a foolish treaty with Benhadad king of Syria, ver. 1-6 . II. The reproof which God sent him for it by a prophet, ver. 7-9 . III. Asa's displeasure against the prophet for his faithfulness, ver. 10 . IV. The sickness, death, and burial of Asa, ver. 11-14 .

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Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

2 Kings 12:18

And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem. went: Heb. went up

2 Kings 16:8

And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.

2 Kings 18:15

And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house.

2 Chronicles 28:21

For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not.

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Other verses that share key original-language words with 2 Chronicles 24:3.

Numbers 26:59

And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

Deuteronomy 13:6

If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

Deuteronomy 21:15

If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:

Deuteronomy 22:16

And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

Deuteronomy 28:41

Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity. thou shalt not: Heb. they shall not be thine

Numbers 11:12

Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?

Numbers 13:23

And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs. brook: or, valley

Numbers 25:15

And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.

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What does 2 Chronicles 24:3 say?

2 Chronicles 24:3 (King James Version) reads: "And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters."

Is 2 Chronicles 24:3 in the Old or New Testament?

2 Chronicles 24:3 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of 2 Chronicles.

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