2 Kings 11:21
Joash was seven years old when he became king.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
In Context
Cross References
2 Kings 12:1In 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.
2 Chronicles 24:1Joash 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.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 11:18-21
17 And Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people, that they should be the Lord 's people; between the king also and the people. 18 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the Lord . 19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land;… Read the whole commentary →