1. Jehoash was 7 years old when he became king, and he ruled for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beer-sheba.
2. Jehoash did what was right in the Lord’s eyes as long as Jehoiada the priest was alive.
3. Jehoiada had him marry two wives, and Jehoash fathered sons and daughters.
4. Sometime later, Jehoash wanted to renovate the Lord’s temple.