2 Kings 12:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

2 Kings 12:1 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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. …
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 Beersheba. …
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 11:21
Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.

Topics

Israel, Prophecies Concerning Zibiah

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-3)

The general account here given of Joash is, 1. That he reigned forty years. As he began his reign when he was very young, he might, in the course of nature, have continued much longer, for he was cut off when he was but forty-seven years old, 2 Kgs. 12:1. 2. That he did that which was right as long as Jehoiada lived to instruct him, 2 Kgs. 12:2. Many young men have come too soon to an estate—have…