11:4 In the seventh year Jehoiada summoned 3 the officers of the units of hundreds of the Carians 4 and the royal bodyguard. 5 He met with them 6 in the Lord’s temple. He made an agreement 7 with them and made them swear an oath of allegiance in the Lord’s temple. Then he showed them the king’s son.
11:21 (12:1) 8 Jehoash 9 was seven years old when he began to reign.
1 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
2 tn Hebrew בַּת (bat), “daughter,” can refer, as here to a granddaughter. See HALOT 166 s.v. בַּת.
3 tn Heb “Jehoiada sent and took.”
4 sn The Carians were apparently a bodyguard, probably comprised of foreigners. See HALOT 497 s.v. כָּרִי and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 126.
5 tn Heb “the runners.”
6 tn Heb “he brought them to himself.”
7 tn Or “covenant.”
8 sn Beginning with 11:21, the verse numbers through 12:21 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 11:21 ET = 12:1 HT, 12:1 ET = 12:2 HT, 12:2 ET = 12:3 HT, etc., through 12:21 ET = 12:22 HT. With 13:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.
9 tn Jehoash is an alternate name for Joash (see 11:2).