Judah’s King Joash

²¹ Joash^[a](A) was seven years old when he became king.^(B)

12 In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beer-sheba.^{(C) 2} Throughout the time the priest Jehoiada^(D) instructed^(E) him, Joash did what was right in the Lord’s sight.^{(F) 3} Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.^(G)