Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.
This account of Joash's good beginnings we had as it stands here Kg2 12:1, etc., though the latter part of this chapter, concerning his apostasy, we had little of there. What is good in men we should take all occasions to speak of and often repeat it; what is evil we should make mention of but sparingly, and no more than is needful. We shall here only observe, 1.
Commenting on 2 Chronicles 24:1-14
Joash was seven years old when he began to reign,.... This, and the following verse, are the same with Kg2 11:21. See Gill on Kg2 12:1. See Gill on Kg2 12:2. . 2 Chronicles 24:3 ch2 24:3 ch2 24:3 ch2 24:3And Jehoiada took for him two wives,....
And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword. (o) For where a tyrant and an idolater reigns there can be no peace for the plagues of God are always among such people.