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2 Kings 12:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

Ing 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 Chron. 24:1• ¹{i}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.{/i} (2 Chron. 24:1)

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Cross References

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• ²⁷{i}When Ahaziah king of Judah saw that, he fled by the way of the garden-house. And Jehu followed after him, and said,{/i} Smite him also in his chariot. {i}It was on the ascent of Gur, which is by Jibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there{/i}. (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.
³{i}And he was with her hid in the house of Jehovah six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land.{/i}
⁴And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guards, and brought them to him into the house of Jehovah, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of Jehovah, and showed them the king's son.
²¹{i}Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.{/i} (2 Kings 11:1,3‑4,21)

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2 Chron. 24:1‑14• ¹{i}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.{/i}
²And Joash did what was right in the sight of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
³{i}And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begot sons and daughters.{/i}
⁴{i}And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to renew the house of Jehovah.{/i}
⁵{i}And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out to the cities of Judah and collect of all Israel money for the repair of the house of your God from year to year, and ye shall hasten the matter. But the Levites hastened it not.{/i}
⁶{i}And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tribute of Moses the servant of Jehovah laid upon the congregation of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?{/i}
⁷{i}For the wicked Athaliah and her sons had devastated the house of God; and also all the hallowed things of the house of Jehovah had they employed for the Baals.{/i}
⁸{i}And the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it at the gate of the house of Jehovah without,{/i}
⁹{i}and they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring to Jehovah the tribute of Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.{/i}
¹⁰{i}And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in and cast into the chest, until they had finished.{/i}
¹¹{i}And it came to pass at the time the chest was brought for the king's control by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and high priest's officer came, and they emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.{/i}
¹²{i}And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, and they hired masons and carpenters to renew the house of Jehovah, and also such as wrought in iron and bronze, to repair the house of Jehovah.{/i}
¹³{i}So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.{/i}
¹⁴{i}And when they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada; and they made of it vessels for the house of Jehovah, utensils to minister, and with which to offer up, and cups, and utensils of gold and silver. And they offered up burnt-offerings in the house of Jehovah continually all the days of Jehoiada.{/i} (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 bed-chamber, from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. (2 Kings 11:2)

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1 Chron. 3:11• ¹¹{i}Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,{/i} (1 Chron. 3:11)

Joash.

J. N. Darby Translation

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.

W. Kelly 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.