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21 Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.

12 Jehoash began to reign in the seventh year of Jehu, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba. Jehoash did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him. However the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.

21 [a]Joash[b] was seven years old when he became king.

Joash Repairs the Temple

12 [c]Joash[d] began to rule over Judah in the seventh year of King Jehu’s reign in Israel. He reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother was Zibiah from Beersheba. All his life Joash did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight because Jehoiada the priest instructed him. Yet even so, he did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.

Footnotes

  1. 11:21a Verse 11:21 is numbered 12:1 in Hebrew text.
  2. 11:21b Hebrew Jehoash, a variant spelling of Joash.
  3. 12:1a Verses 12:1-21 are numbered 12:2-22 in Hebrew text.
  4. 12:1b Hebrew Jehoash, a variant spelling of Joash; also in 12:2, 4, 6, 7, 18.