Verse 3

2 Chronicles 24:3

Free Bible Version

3 Some time later, Joash decided to repair the Lord's Temple.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יִּשָּׂא ל֥/וֹ יְהוֹיָדָ֖ע נָשִׁ֣ים שְׁתָּ֑יִם וַ/יּ֖וֹלֶד בָּנִ֥ים וּ/בָנֽוֹת

English Translation

And Jehoiada took for himself two wives, and he bore sons and daughters.

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Chapter 24 Context

1 Joash was seven when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for forty years. His mother's name... Focus ↗

2 Jehoiada arranged for him to marry two wives, and he had sons and daughters. Focus ↗

3 Some time later, Joash decided to repair the Lord's Temple.

4 He summoned the priests and Levites and told them, “Go to the towns of Judah and collect the yearly... Focus ↗

5 So the king called for Jehoiada the high priest and asked him, “Why haven't you ordered the Levites... Focus ↗

6 (The supporters of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into God (Elohim)'s Temple and had stolen t... Focus ↗

7 A decree was proclaimed throughout Judea and Jerusalem to bring to the Lord the tax that Moses, the... Focus ↗

8 All the leaders and all the people were glad to do so and brought their taxes. They dropped them in... Focus ↗

9 Every so often the Levites took the chest to the king's officials. When they saw that it contained a... Focus ↗

10 The men doing the repairs worked hard and made good progress. They restored God (Elohim)'s Temple to... Focus ↗

11 When they finished, they returned the money that was left to the king and Jehoiada, and with it uten... Focus ↗

12 Jehoiada grew old and died at the age of 130, having lived a full life. Focus ↗

13 He was buried with the kings in the City of David, for all the good he had done in Israel for God (E... Focus ↗

14 But after the death of Jehoiada, the leaders of Judah came to swear their loyalty to the king, and h... Focus ↗

15 They abandoned the Temple of the Lord, the God (Elohim) of their forefathers, and worshiped Asherah... Focus ↗

16 The Lord sent prophets to bring the people back to him and to warn them; but they refused to listen. Focus ↗

17 Then the Spirit of God (Elohim) came to Zechariah, son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood before the p... Focus ↗

18 Then the leaders hatched a plot to kill Zechariah, and on the orders of the king they stoned him to... Focus ↗

19 King Joash showed he had forgotten all about the loyalty and love shown to him by Jehoiada, Zecharia... Focus ↗

20 At the end of the year, the Aramean army came to attack Joash. They invaded Judah and Jerusalem and... Focus ↗

21 Even though the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the Lord gave them the victory over a ver... Focus ↗

22 When the Arameans departed, they left Joash badly wounded. But then his own officers plotted against... Focus ↗

23 Those who plotted against him were Zabad, son of Shimeath, (an Ammonite woman), and Jehozabad, son o... Focus ↗

24 The story of the sons of Joash, as well as the many prophecies about him and about the restoration o... Focus ↗

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