Judah’s King Joash

²¹ Joash^[a](A) was seven years old when he became king.^(B)

12 ¹ In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beer-sheba.^{(A) 2} Throughout the time the priest Jehoiada^(B) instructed^(C) him, Joash did what was right in the Lord’s sight.^(D)