2 Chronicles 24:3

“And Jehoiada took for him two wives, etc.] Not for himself; he had a wife who was aunt to King Joash, and he had sons who were concerned with him in anointing him, (<142211>2 Chronicles 22:11 23:11) and was now upwards of one hundred years of age; but for the king, when he was at an age fit for marriage, he advised him to marry, and proposed wives to him, whom he thought would be agreeable; for, observing what mischief was done both in church and state through Jehoram’s marrying Athaliah, he was desirous of preventing any such disagreeable marriage; and as the young king was in all things guided and directed by him, so he was in this; and no doubt they were good women he pitched upon, and…”

“Jehoiada took for him two wives--As Jehoiada was now too old to contract such new alliances, the generality of interpreters apply this statement to the young king.”

“Athaliah’s destruction of the seed royal had left Joash without a natural successor, and his marriage at the earliest suitable age, was, therefore, a matter of state policy. One of his wives in question was probably “Jehoaddan of Jerusalem,” the mother of Amaziah 2 Chronicles 25:1, who must have been taken to wife by Joash as early as his 21st year. return to 'Top of Page'”

“24:3 Jehoiada chose two wives for Joash, probably to ensure that David’s royal line would be replenished with plenty of descendants.”

“took for him: Not for himself, as the Jewish expositors suppose, but for Joash; for Jehoiada's advanced age renders it highly improbable that he should take them for himself. He was born in the reign of Solomon, and lived through six successive reigns; and must, on any computation, have been upwards of 100 years old when Joash began to reign. Ch2 24:15; Gen 21:21, Gen 24:4 two wives: Gen 4:19; Mat 19:4-8 2 Chronicles 24:4”