2 Chronicles 24:3

Modern

Jehoiada took for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.

Traditional

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

Literal

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

Latin

Accepit autem ei Jojada uxores duas, e quibus genuit filios et filias.

Hebrew

English

Jehoiada took for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.

Jehoiada selected two wives for Joash, likely to ensure David's royal line had many descendants.

Genesis 4:19
And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.
Matthew 19:4–8
Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
Genesis 21:21
And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
Genesis 24:4
…but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”
2 Chronicles 24:15
When Jehoiada was old and full of years, he died at the age of 130.

Jehoiada: High priest who overthrew Athaliah and crowned Joash