2 Kings 11:21
19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king’s house.
Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Joash was seven years old when he became king.
- KJV
- Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
- WEB
- Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.
- ASV
- Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.
- DARBY
- Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.
- BLB
- Jehoash [was] a son of seven years in his reigning.
- ÅB
- Joas var syv år gammel da han ble konge.
[^1]: d.e. det kammer hvor sengklærne ble oppbevart.
[^2]: loven, 5MO 17, 18 fg. - OTB
- Joasj var bare syv år gammel da han ble kronet til konge.
- B1930
- Joas var syv år gammel da han blev konge.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 24:1–14
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 Beer-sheba.
Read in context2 Kings 22:1
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.
Read in context2 Kings 11:4
And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king’s son.
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