1 JOASH WAS seven years old when he began his forty-year reign in Jerusalem. His mother was Zibiah of Beersheba.
2 And Joash did what was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest [his uncle].
3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.
4 After this, Joash decided to repair the Lord's house.