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2 Kings 12

2 Kings 12:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Ing the seventh
sheba` (Hebrew #7651)
from 7650; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
KJV usage: (+ by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare 7658.
Pronounce: sheh'-bah
Origin: or (masculine) shibrah {shib-aw'}
year
shaneh (Hebrew #8141)
from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time)
KJV usage: + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-neh'
Origin: (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}
of Jehu
Yehuw' (Hebrew #3058)
Jehovah (is) He; Jehu, the name of five Israelites
KJV usage: Jehu.
Pronounce: yay-hoo'
Origin: from 3068 and 1931
Jehoash
Yhow'ash (Hebrew #3060)
Jehovah-fired; Jehoash, the name of two Israelite kings
KJV usage: Jehoash. Compare 3101.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-awsh'
Origin: from 3068 and (perhaps) 784
began to reign
malak (Hebrew #4427)
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
KJV usage: consult, X indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, X surely.
Pronounce: maw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root
; and forty
'arba`iym (Hebrew #705)
forty
KJV usage: -forty.
Pronounce: ar-baw-eem'
Origin: multiple of 702
years
shaneh (Hebrew #8141)
from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time)
KJV usage: + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-neh'
Origin: (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}
reigned
malak (Hebrew #4427)
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
KJV usage: consult, X indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, X surely.
Pronounce: maw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root
he in Jerusalem
Yruwshalaim (Hebrew #3389)
a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of 3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) 3384 and 7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
KJV usage: Jerusalem.
Pronounce: yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
Origin: rarely Yruwshalayim {yer-oo- shaw-lah'-yim}
. And his mother’s
'em (Hebrew #517)
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like 1)
KJV usage: dam, mother, X parting.
Pronounce: ame
Origin: a primitive word
name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
was Zibiah
Tsibyah (Hebrew #6645)
Tsibjah, an Israelitess
KJV usage: Zibiah.
Pronounce: tsib-yaw'
Origin: for 6646
of Beer-sheba
B'er (Hebrew #884)
well of an oath; Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Beer-shebah.
Pronounce: Sheba`
Origin: from 875 and 7651 (in the sense of 7650)
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2 Chron. 24:1• 1Joash 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. (2 Chron. 24:1)
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Beer-Sheba; Beer-shebah,
Jehoash,
Jehu,
Jerusalem,
Mother,
Seven,
Year,
Zibiah

Cross References

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1-3:  Jehoash reigns well all the days of Jehoiada.
4-16:  He gives order for the repair of the temple.
17-18:  Hazael is diverted from Jerusalem by a present of the hallowed treasures.
19-21:  Jehoash being slain, Amaziah succeeds him.
the seventh.
2 Kings 9:27• 27But 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 9:27)
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2 Kings 11:1,3‑4,21• 1And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
 3And he was with her hid in the house of the Lord six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
 4And 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 showed them the king's son.
 21Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign. (2 Kings 11:1,3‑4,21)
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2 Chron. 24:1‑14• 1Joash 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.
 2And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
 3And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
 4And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the Lord.
 5And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.
 6And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the Lord, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?
 7For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the Lord did they bestow upon Baalim.
 8And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the Lord.
 9And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the Lord the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.
 10And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.
 11Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
 12And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the Lord, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the Lord, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the Lord.
 13So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.
 14And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the Lord, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Jehoiada. (2 Chron. 24:1‑14)
Jehoash.
2 Kings 11:2• 2But 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. (2 Kings 11:2)
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1 Chron. 3:11• 11Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, (1 Chron. 3:11)
Joash.

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.