1. Joash was seven years old when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Zibiah, from Beersheba.
2. And he did what is good before the Lord during all the days of Jehoiada, the priest.
3. Now Jehoiada gave to him two wives, from whom he conceived sons and daughters.
4. After these things, it pleased Joash to repair the house of the Lord.