Athaliah’s destruction of the royal line had left Joash without a natural successor, and his marriage at the earliest suitable age was therefore a …

And Jehoiada took for him two wives. —A statement not found in the parallel narrative, and doubtless taken by the compiler from an…

And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters. And it came to pass after this,

Probably, some twenty-three ye…

And Jehoiada took for him two wives
Not for himself; he had a wife who was aunt to King Joash, and he had sons who w…

Joash is more zealous about the repair of the temple than Jehoiada himself. It is easier to build temples, than to be temples to God. But the repai…