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Jehoiada Restores the Worship of the LORD

2 Kings 11:21

In 11 translations

BSB
Joash was seven years old when he became king.Hebrew Jehoash, a variant of Joash (son of Ahaziah) as in verse 2
KJV
Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
WEB
Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.
ASV
Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.
LSV
Jehoash is a son of seven years in his reigning.
YLT
a son of seven years is Jehoash in his reigning.
DBY
Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.
DRC
Now Joas was seven years old, when he began to reign.
GNV
Seuen yeere olde was Iehoash when he began to reigne.
JPS12:1
Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.
LXXE12:1
Joas was seven years old when he began to reign.Gr. a son of seven years in his reigning.

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Original-language editions

WLC12:1
בֶּן־שֶׁ֥בַע שָׁנִ֖ים יְהוֹאָ֥שׁ בְּמָלְכֽוֹ׃KJV:2Kgs.11.21
LXX-Br12:1
Υἱὸς ἐπτὰ ἐτῶν Ἰωὰς ἐν τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτόν.

Who and where

👤 Joash◆ Reign of Joash

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 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. And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of…
  • 2 Kings 11:4Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He…
  • 2 Kings 22:1Josiah 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.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 12:1 in some Bibles
  • 11:21 in most Bibles

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