2 Kings 12:1
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.
2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
3 But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
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
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash began to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
- BLB
- In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash became king. And forty years he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother [was] Zibiah of Beersheba.
- ÅB
- I Jehus syvende år ble Joas konge, og han regjerte i Jerusalem i førti år; hans mor hette Sibja og var fra Be'erseba.
- OTB
- I det sjuende året til Jehu begynte Joasj å regjere, og han regjerte i førti år i Jerusalem. Hans mor var Sibja fra Be'er-Sjeba.
- B1930
- I Jehus syvende år blev Joas konge, og han regjerte i Jerusalem i firti år; hans mor hette Sibja og var fra Be'erseba.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Kings 11:21
Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
Read in context1 Chronicles 3:11
Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
Read in context2 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.
Read in context2 Kings 11:1–4
And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
Read in context2 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.
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