Jehoiada took for him two wives, and he became the father of sons and daughters.
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- KJV And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
- BSB Jehoiada took for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.
- NKJV And Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he had sons and daughters.
- NASB Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he fathered sons and daughters.
- NLT Jehoiada chose two wives for Joash, and he had sons and daughters.
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- Gen 24:4But you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”
- Gen 21:21He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.
- 2 Chr 24:15But Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, and he died. He was one hundred thirty years old when he died.
- Matt 19:4–8He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
- Gen 4:19Lamech took two wives: the name of the first one was Adah, and the name of the second one was Zillah.
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