2 Kings 11:21

Joash’s Reign over Judah

11:21 (12:1) ¹  Jehoash ²  was seven years old when he began to reign.

2 Kings 12:2

12:2 Throughout his lifetime Jehoash did what the Lord approved, ³  just as ⁴  Jehoiada the priest taught him.

2 Kings 14:13

14:13 King Jehoash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah, in Beth Shemesh. He ⁵  attacked ⁶  Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate – a distance of about six hundred feet. ⁷ 

2 Kings 12:1

12:1 (12:2) In Jehu’s seventh year Jehoash became king; he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. ⁸  His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba.

2 Kings 12:6

12:6 By the twenty-third year of King Jehoash’s reign the priests had still not repaired the damage to the temple.

2 Kings 13:10

Jehoash’s Reign over Israel

13:10 In the thirty-seventh year of King Joash’s reign over Judah, Jehoahaz’s son Jehoash became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria ⁹  for sixteen years.

2 Kings 14:8

14:8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel. He said, “Come, let’s meet face to face.” ¹⁰ 

2 Kings 14:11

14:11 But Amaziah would not heed the warning, ¹¹  so King Jehoash of Israel attacked. ¹²  He and King Amaziah of Judah met face to face ¹³  in Beth Shemesh of Judah.

2 Kings 14:16-17

14:16 Jehoash passed away ¹⁴  and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Jeroboam replaced him as king.)

14:17 King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz of Israel.

2 Kings 12:4

12:4 Jehoash said to the priests, “I place at your disposal ¹⁵  all the consecrated silver that has been brought to the Lord’s temple, including the silver collected from the census tax, ¹⁶  the silver received from those who have made vows, ¹⁷  and all the silver that people have voluntarily contributed to the Lord’s temple. ¹⁸ 

2 Kings 12:7

12:7 So King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest along with the other priests, and said to them, “Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, take no more silver from your treasurers unless you intend to use it to repair the damage.” ¹⁹ 

2 Kings 13:25

13:25 Jehoahaz’s son Jehoash took back from ²⁰  Ben Hadad son of Hazael the cities that he had taken from his father Jehoahaz in war. Joash defeated him three times and recovered the Israelite cities.

2 Kings 14:15

14:15 The rest of the events of Jehoash’s ²¹  reign, including all his accomplishments and his successful war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. ²² 

2 Kings 12:18

12:18 King Jehoash of Judah collected all the sacred items that his ancestors Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had consecrated, as well as his own sacred items and all the gold that could be found in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the royal palace. He sent it all ²³  to King Hazael of Syria, who then withdrew ²⁴  from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 14:9

14:9 King Jehoash of Israel sent this message back to King Amaziah of Judah, “A thornbush in Lebanon sent this message to a cedar in Lebanon, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ Then a wild animal ²⁵  of Lebanon came by and trampled down the thorn. ²⁶ 

[11:21]  ¹ 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.

[11:21]  ² tn Jehoash is an alternate name for Joash (see 11:2).

[12:2]  ³ tn Heb “and Jehoash did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord all his days.”

[12:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “that which.” Jehoiada taught the king the Lord’s will.

[14:13]  ⁵ tc The MT has the plural form of the verb, but the final vav (ו) is virtually dittographic. The word that immediately follows in the Hebrew text begins with a yod (י). The form should be emended to the singular, which is consistent in number with the verb (“he broke down”) that follows.

[14:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “came to.”

[14:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “four hundred cubits.” The standard cubit in the OT is assumed by most authorities to be about eighteen inches (45 cm) long.

[12:1]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[13:10]  ⁹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[14:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “let us look at each other [in the] face.” The expression refers here to meeting in battle. See v. 11.

[14:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “did not listen.”

[14:11]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “went up.”

[14:11]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “looked at each other [in the] face.”

[14:16]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[12:4]  ¹⁷ tn The words “I place at your disposal” are added in the translation for clarification.

[12:4]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the silver of passing over a man.” The precise meaning of the phrase is debated, but עָבַר (’avar), “pass over,” probably refers here to counting, suggesting the reference is to a census conducted for taxation purposes. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 137.

[12:4]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “the silver of persons, his valuation.” The precise meaning of the phrase is uncertain, but parallels in Lev 27 suggest that personal vows are referred to here. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 137.

[12:4]  ²⁰ tn Heb “all the silver which goes up on the heart of a man to bring to the house of the Lord.”

[12:7]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “Now, do not take silver from your treasurers, because for the damages to the temple you must give it.”

[13:25]  ²¹ tn Heb “from the hand of.”

[14:15]  ²³ sn Jehoash and Joash are alternate forms of the same name.

[14:15]  ²⁴ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jehoash, and all which he did and his strength, [and] how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”

[12:18]  ²⁵ tn The object (“it all”) is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[12:18]  ²⁶ tn Heb “went up.”

[14:9]  ²⁷ tn Heb “the animal of the field.”

[14:9]  ²⁸ sn Judah is the thorn in the allegory. Amaziah’s success has deceived him into thinking he is on the same level as the major powers in the area (symbolized by the cedar). In reality he is not capable of withstanding an attack by a real military power such as Israel (symbolized by the wild animal).