2 Chronicles 24:3

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Jehoiada chose two wives for him who gave him sons and daughters.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 4:19 : 19 Lamech took two wives for himself; the name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.
  • Gen 21:21 : 21 He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother found a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
  • Gen 24:4 : 4 You must go instead to my country and to my relatives to find a wife for my son Isaac.”
  • 2 Chr 24:15 : 15 Jehoiada grew old and died at the age of 130.
  • Matt 19:4-8 : 4 He answered,“Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female, 5 and said,‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? 6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” 7 They said to him,“Why then did Moses command us to give a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her?” 8 Jesus said to them,“Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts, but from the beginning it was not this way.

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    1Joash’s Reign Joash was seven years old when he began to reign. He reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba.

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    4Later, Joash was determined to repair the LORD’s temple.

  • 2 Kgs 14:2-3
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    2He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem.

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  • 2 Chr 22:11-12
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