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 Kings 12:1 in other translations
| 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. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | In the seventh year of Jehu reigned hath Jehoash, and forty years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is 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. |
| BBE | In the seventh year of Jehu's rule, Jehoash became king; and he was ruling for forty years in Jerusalem; his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does 2 Kings 12:1 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
Jehoash reigns well under the instructions of Jehoiada the priest, 2Kgs 12:1-3. He directs the repairing of the temple; the account of what was done, 2Kgs 12:4-16. Hazael takes Gath; and, proceeding to besiege Jerusalem, is prevented by Jehoash, who gives him all the treasures and hallowed things of the house of the Lord, 2Kgs 12:17, 2Kgs 12:18. The servants of Jehoash conspire against and slay him, 2Kgs 12:19-21.Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 12:1-16
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
2 Kings 12:1 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Kings 12:1
- 2 Kings 11:21
Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
- 1 Chronicles 3:11
Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
- 2 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.
- 2 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. But 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. And he was with her hid in the house of the Lord six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land. 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.
- 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. And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest. And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters. And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the Lord. …
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
4 He gives order for the repair of the temple.
17 Hazael is diverted from Jerusalem by a present of the hallowed treasures.
19 Jehoash being slain, Amaziah succeeds him.
the seventh.
9:27; 11:1,3,4,21; 2Ch 24:1-14
Jehoash.
11:2; 1Ch 3:11
Joash.
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Context
- 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 Kings 12:2
And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
2 Kings 12:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | EN el séptimo año de Jehú comenzó á reinar Joas, y reinó cuarenta años en Jerusalem. El nombre de su madre fué Sibia, de Beer-seba. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Joas était âgé de sept ans lorsqu’il commença de régner. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sieben Jahre war Joas alt, als er König wurde. Im siebten Jahre Jehus wurde Joas König, und er regierte vierzig Jahre zu Jerusalem; und der Name seiner Mutter war Zibja, von Beerseba. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Anno septimo Jehu, regnavit Joas: et quadraginta annis regnavit in Jerusalem. Nomen matris ejus Sebia de Bersabee. |