Joash Follows Jehoiada’s Example^(A)

24 Joash was seven years old when he began his reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah. She was from Beer-sheba. ² Joash practiced what the Lord considered to be right during the lifetime^[a] of Jehoiada the priest, ³ who found two wives for him, so he fathered sons and daughters.