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2 Chronicles 24:1

JoashZibiahBeershebaJerusalem
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.

2 And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

3 Jehoiada took for himself two wives, and he had sons and daughters.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah, of Beersheba.
ASV
Joash was seven years old when he began to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother`s name was Zibiah, of Beer-sheba.
DARBY
Joash was seven years old when he began to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
BLB
Joash [was] a son of seven years in his reigning, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother [was] Zibiah of Beersheba.
ÅB
Joas var syv år gammel da han ble konge, og regjerte førti år i Jerusalem; hans mor hette Sibja og var fra Be'erseba.
OTB
Joasj var syv år gammel da han begynte å regjere, og han regjerte i førti år i Jerusalem; hans mor var Sibja fra Be’er-Sjeba.
B1930
Joas var syv år gammel da han blev konge, og regjerte firti år i Jerusalem; hans mor hette Sibja og var fra Be'erseba.

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