2 Kings 12:1
New International Version
In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.

New Living Translation
Joash 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.

English Standard Version
In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

Berean Standard Bible
In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.

King James Bible
In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

New King James Version
In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

New American Standard Bible
In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash became king, and he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

NASB 1995
In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

NASB 1977
In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

Legacy Standard Bible
In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

Amplified Bible
In the seventh year of Jehu [king of Israel], Jehoash became king [over Judah], and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

Christian Standard Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king and reigned 40 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah, who was from Beer-sheba.

American Standard Version
In the seventh year of Jehu began Jehoash to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.

Contemporary English Version
Joash became king of Judah in Jehu's seventh year as king of Israel, and he ruled 40 years from Jerusalem. His mother Zibiah was from the town of Beersheba.

English Revised Version
In the seventh year of Jehu began Jehoash to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Joash began to rule in Jehu's seventh year as king of Israel, and he ruled for 40 years in Jerusalem. His mother was Zibiah from Beersheba.

Good News Translation
In the seventh year of the reign of King Jehu of Israel, Joash became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for forty years. His mother was Zibiah from the city of Beersheba.

International Standard Version
ascending to the throne in the seventh year of the reign of Jehu and then reigning for 40 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah from Beer-sheba.

Majority Standard Bible
In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother?s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.

NET Bible
In Jehu's seventh year Jehoash became king; he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba.

New Heart English Bible
In the seventh year of Jehu began Jehoash to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

Webster's Bible Translation
In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.

World English Bible
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.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash has reigned, and he has reigned forty years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Zibiah of Beer-Sheba,

Young's Literal Translation
In the seventh year of Jehu reigned hath Jehoash, and forty years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Zibiah of Beer-Sheba,

Smith's Literal Translation
In the seventh year to Jehu, Jehoash reigned; and forty years he reigned in Jerusalem And his mother's name Zibiah, from the Well of the Oath.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
In the seventh year of Jehu Joas began to reign: and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Sebia of Bersabee.

Catholic Public Domain Version
In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash reigned. And he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Zebiah from Beersheba.

New American Bible
In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah, from Beer-sheba.

New Revised Standard Version
In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash began to reign; he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
IN the seventh year of Jehu Joash began to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zobah of Beersheba.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
In the seventh year of Yahu Yoash became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years, and the name of his mother was Tsuba of Beersheba.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
In the seventh year of Jehu began Jehoash to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Joas began to reign in the seventh year of Ju, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Sabia of Bersabee.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Joash Repairs the Temple
1In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba. 2And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days he was instructed by Jehoiada the priest.…

Cross References
2 Chronicles 24:1-2
Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba. / And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

2 Kings 11:21
Joash was seven years old when he became king.

2 Kings 14:1-3
In the second year of the reign of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz over Israel, Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah. / He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem. / And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not as his father David had done. He did everything as his father Joash had done.

2 Kings 11:17-20
Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people. / So all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. And Jehoiada the priest posted guards for the house of the LORD. / He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace by way of the Gate of the Guards. Then Joash took his seat on the royal throne, ...

2 Kings 13:1-2
In the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash son of Ahaziah over Judah, Jehoahaz son of Jehu became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria seventeen years. / And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and followed the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.

2 Kings 15:1-3
In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah became king of Judah. / He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem. / And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.

2 Kings 16:1-2
In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah. / Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God.

2 Kings 18:1-3
In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah. / He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah. / And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.

2 Kings 22:1-2
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath. / And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

2 Kings 23:1-3
Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. / And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD. / So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.

Matthew 1:8-9
Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah. / Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.

Matthew 1:1-17
This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham: / Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. / Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram. ...

Luke 3:31-32
the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, / the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,

Acts 13:22-23
After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’ / From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.

Hebrews 11:32-34
And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets, / who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, / quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.


Treasury of Scripture

In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

the seventh

2 Kings 9:27
But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.

2 Kings 11:1,3,4,21
And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal…

2 Chronicles 24:1
Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of Beersheba.

Jehoash

2 Kings 11:2
But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.

1 Chronicles 3:11
Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,

Joash

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In the seventh year of Jehu
The phrase "In the seventh year of Jehu" situates the beginning of Joash's reign within the broader historical context of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. Jehu was a king known for his zealous eradication of Baal worship, as recorded in 2 Kings 10. This timeframe indicates a period of significant religious reform and upheaval. The number seven often symbolizes completeness or divine perfection in the Bible, suggesting that Joash's ascension to the throne was part of God's sovereign plan to restore true worship in Judah.

Joash became king
The name "Joash" (Hebrew: יְהוֹאָשׁ, Yeho'ash) means "given by the Lord" or "fire of Yahweh." This name reflects the divine intervention in his life, as Joash was hidden and protected by Jehoiada the priest from the murderous intentions of Athaliah, his grandmother. Joash's kingship represents a continuation of the Davidic line, which God promised to establish forever (2 Samuel 7:16). His reign is a testament to God's faithfulness in preserving His covenant with David.

and he reigned in Jerusalem
Jerusalem, the city of David, is the political and spiritual heart of Judah. It is the location of the Temple, the center of Jewish worship. Joash's reign in Jerusalem underscores the importance of maintaining the Davidic dynasty in the city chosen by God for His name to dwell. The mention of Jerusalem highlights the centrality of worship and the need for a king who would lead the people in faithfulness to the covenant.

forty years
The duration of Joash's reign, "forty years," is significant in biblical numerology. The number forty often symbolizes a period of testing, trial, or probation (e.g., the Israelites' forty years in the wilderness). Joash's long reign provided an opportunity for religious reform and the restoration of the Temple, which had fallen into disrepair. It was a time for Judah to return to the worship of Yahweh and to renew their covenantal relationship with Him.

His mother’s name was Zibiah
The mention of Joash's mother, "Zibiah," whose name means "gazelle" or "beauty," highlights the importance of maternal influence in the king's life. In the biblical narrative, mothers often play crucial roles in shaping the character and faith of their children. Zibiah's inclusion in the text may suggest her significance in Joash's upbringing and possibly in his adherence to the faith of his ancestors.

she was from Beersheba
Beersheba, located in the southern part of Judah, is a place of historical and spiritual significance. It was a site where the patriarchs Abraham and Isaac had encounters with God (Genesis 21:31-33; 26:23-25). The mention of Beersheba connects Joash's lineage to the patriarchal promises and underscores the continuity of God's covenantal faithfulness from the time of the patriarchs to the Davidic kings. It serves as a reminder of God's enduring presence and guidance throughout Israel's history.

XII.

THE REIGN OF JEHOASH, OR JOASH. (Comp. 2 Chronicles 24)

(1) Forty years.--A common round number. David and Solomon are each said to have reigned forty years.

His mother's name.--The author of these short abstracts generally gives this particular in regard to the kings of Judah.

Beer-sheba.--A famous Simeonite sanctuary, and resort of pilgrims (Amos 5:5; Amos 8:14).

Verse 1. - In the seventh year of Jehu. Athaliah began to reign very soon after the accession of Jehu (2 Kings 11:1), and reigned six full years (ver. 3). The first year of Joash was thus parallel with Jehu's seventh. Jehoash - or Joash, as he is called sometimes in Kings (2 Kings 11:2; 2 Kings 13:1, 10), and always in Chronicles - began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem - the writer of Chronicles (2 Chronicles 24:1) and Josephus ('Ant. Jud.,' 9:8. § 4) agree - and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba. Josephus calls her "Sabia."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
In the seventh
שֶׁ֤בַע (še·ḇa‘)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

year
בִּשְׁנַת־ (biš·naṯ-)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 8141: A year

of Jehu,
לְיֵהוּא֙ (lə·yê·hū)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3058: Jehu -- 'the LORD is He', the name of several Israelites

Joash
יְהוֹאָ֔שׁ (yə·hō·w·’āš)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3060: Joash -- 'Yah is strong', the name of several Israelites

became king,
מָלַ֣ךְ (mā·laḵ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel

and he reigned
מָלַ֖ךְ (mā·laḵ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel

in Jerusalem
בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (bî·rū·šā·lim)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel

forty
וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים (wə·’ar·bā·‘îm)
Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural
Strong's 705: Forty

years.
שָׁנָ֔ה (šā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8141: A year

His mother’s
אִמּ֔וֹ (’im·mōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 517: A mother, )

name
וְשֵׁ֣ם (wə·šêm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8034: A name

was Zibiah;
צִבְיָ֖ה (ṣiḇ·yāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6645: Zibiah -- 'gazelle', mother of Jehoash

she was from
מִבְּאֵ֥ר (mib·bə·’êr)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew

Beersheba.
שָֽׁבַע׃ (šā·ḇa‘)
Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 884: Beersheba -- 'well of seven', a place in the Negev


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