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Jehoash’s Reign over Israel

10 In the thirty-seventh year of King Jehoash’s reign over Judah, Jehoahaz’s son Jehoash became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for sixteen years. 11 He did evil in the sight of[a] the Lord. He did not repudiate[b] the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin; he continued in those sins.[c] 12 The rest of the events of Jehoash’s[d] reign, including all his accomplishments and his successful war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.[e] 13 Jehoash passed away[f] and Jeroboam succeeded him on the throne.[g] Jehoash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 13:11 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
  2. 2 Kings 13:11 tn Heb “turn away from all.”
  3. 2 Kings 13:11 tn Heb “in it he walked.”
  4. 2 Kings 13:12 tn “Joash”; Jehoash and Joash are alternate forms of the same name.
  5. 2 Kings 13:12 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Joash, and all which he did and his strength, [and] how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”
  6. 2 Kings 13:13 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
  7. 2 Kings 13:13 tn Heb “sat on his throne.”

Joash rules Israel

10 Joash,[a] Jehoahaz’s son, became king of Israel in Samaria in the thirty-seventh year of Judah’s King Jehoash. He ruled for sixteen years. 11 He did what was evil in the Lord’s eyes. He didn’t deviate from all the sins that Jeroboam, Nebat’s son, had caused Israel to commit, but he walked in them! 12 The rest of Joash’s deeds, all that he accomplished, and his powerful acts—how he fought against Judah’s King Amaziah—aren’t they written in the official records of Israel’s kings? 13 Joash lay down with his ancestors, and Jeroboam followed him on the throne. Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 13:10 Heb Jehoash (also in 13:25); the king’s name is variously spelled in either long Jehoash or short Joash form. The latter is the form used in 2 Chron.