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Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he became the father of sons and daughters.
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A Mentor's Wise Guidance
Commentators clarify that the elderly priest Jehoiada arranged these marriages for the young King Joash. Remembering the disaster caused by Jehoram's marriage to the wicked Athaliah, Jehoiada wisely guided the king into marrying good women. This act was a crucial part of his mentorship, aiming to protect both the king and the nation from repeating past mistakes.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 …
19th Century
Anglican
And Jehoiada took for him two wives. —A statement not found in the parallel narrative, and doubtless taken by the compiler from an…
Baptist
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
