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2 Chronicles 24:1 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 24 · verse 1
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 Beersheba.2 Chronicles 24:1 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 24:1 in context
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 Beersheba.
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JerusalemYᵉrûwshâlaimJerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineH3389 →
- mother'sʼêma motherH517 →
- ZibiahTsibyâhTsibjah, an IsraeliteH6645 →
- JoashYôwʼâshJoash, the name of six IsraelitesH3101 →
- sevenshebaʻsevenH7651 →
- yearsshâneha yearH8141 →
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This account of Joash's good beginnings we had as it stands here Kg2 12:1, etc., though the latter part of this chapter, concerning his apostasy, we had little of there. What is good in men we should take all occasions to speak of and often repeat it;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-14