2 Kings 11:21 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Joash was seven years old when he began to reign.

English Standard Version
Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.

New American Standard Bible
Jehoash was seven years old when he became king.

King James Bible
Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Joash was seven years old when he became king.

International Standard Version
Jehoash began to reign as king when he was seven years old,

American Standard Version
Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now Joas was seven years old, when he began to reign.

Darby Bible Translation
Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.

Young's Literal Translation
a son of seven years is Jehoash in his reigning.

Cross References

2 Kings 11:2
But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.

2 Chronicles 24:1
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.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

11:17-21 King and people would cleave most firmly to each other, when both had joined themselves to the Lord. It is well with a people, when all the changes that pass over them help to revive, strengthen, and advance the interests of religion among them. Covenants are of use, both to remind us of, and bind us to, the duties already binding on us. They immediately abolished idolatry; and, pursuant to the covenant with one another, they expressed mutual readiness to help each other. The people rejoiced, and Jerusalem was quiet. The way for people to be joyful and at peace, is to engage fully in the service of God; for the voice of joy and thanksgiving is in the dwellings of the righteous, but there is no peace for the wicked.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

2Ki 11:17-20. Jehoiada Restores God's Worship.

17, 18. a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people—The covenant with the Lord was a renewal of the national covenant with Israel (Ex 19:1-24:18; "to be unto him a people of inheritance," De 4:6; 27:9). The covenant between the king and the people was the consequence of this, and by it the king bound himself to rule according to the divine law, while the people engaged to submit, to give him allegiance as the Lord's anointed. The immediate fruit of this renewal of the covenant was the destruction of the temple and the slaughter of the priests of Baal (see 2Ki 10:27); the restoration of the pure worship of God in all its ancient integrity; and the establishment of the young king on the hereditary throne of Judah [2Ki 11:19].