2 Kings 11:21

21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign .

2 Kings 11:21 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 11:21

Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
] Being a year old when his father was killed and having been hid six years in the temple.

2 Kings 11:21 In-Context

19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard , and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

20 And all the people of the land rejoiced , and the city was in quiet : and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.

21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign .