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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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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 notes on this verse
In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign,.... So that he reigned twenty one or twenty two years contemporary with Jehu's reign, for Jehu reigned twenty eight years: and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem; the same number of years David and Solomon reigned: and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba; a city in the tribe of Simeon, in the extreme part of the land of Canaan southward; her name in the Chaldee dialect is Tabitha, the same with Dorcas in Greek, Act 9:36.

This site's exposition

his mother’s name was Zibiah

on 2 Kings 12:1-3

Jehoash begins a forty year reign, the same span the text gives David and Solomon, under a mother named from Beersheba on the kingdom's southern edge. The formula that carries the reign is scoped by its own clause: he did right all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him, a qualification the sequel bears out once the tutor is gone. The high places still stand through this good reign, as through nearly every reign of a king in Judah who does right, and the text records the worship there without excusing it.

The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • בִּשְׁנַת־in year

    bishnat-H8141 →877 times

  • שֶׁ֤בַעseven

    sheva'H7651 →394 times

  • לְיֵהוּא֙of Jehu

    leyehu'H3058 →58 times

  • מָלַ֣ךְhe became king

    malakhH4427 →348 times

  • יְהוֹאָ֔שׁJehoash

    yehoashH3060 →17 times

  • וְאַרְבָּעִ֣יםand forty

    vearbaimH705 →136 times

  • שָׁנָ֔הyear[s]

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • מָלַ֖ךְhe reigned

    malakhH4427 →348 times

  • בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑םin Jerusalem

    birushalimH3389 →643 times

  • וְשֵׁ֣םand [the] name of

    veshemH8034 →864 times

  • אִמּ֔וֹmother his

    ʾimoH517 →220 times

  • צִבְיָ֖ה[was] Zibiah

    tzivyahH6645 →

  • מִבְּאֵ֥רfrom Beer

    mibeerH884 →68 times

  • שָֽׁבַע׃Sheba

    shava'H884 →68 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

5 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Kings 11:21Joash was seven years old when he became king.2 works2 Kings 9:27When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.2 works1 Chronicles 3:11Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,2 works2 Chronicles 24:1–14Joash 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.2 works2 Kings 11:1–4When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Kings 9:27

    When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur,…

    it leads to

    • Judges 1:27

      At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.

    • Joshua 17:11

      Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.

  • Through

    2 Kings 11:21

    Joash was seven years old when he became king.

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 24:1–14

      Joash 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.

    • 2 Kings 22:1

      Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 3:11

    Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 8:24

      And Jehoram rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.

    • 2 Chronicles 21:17

      So they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace, along with his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except…

    • 2 Chronicles 21:1

      And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.

    • 2 Kings 11:21

      Joash was seven years old when he became king.

About 2 Kings

Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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