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Joash was seven years old when he became king; he was king for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Gazelle (Zibiah). She was from Beersheba.
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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.
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Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the years of Jehoiada the priest.
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Jehoiada chose two wives for him, and he had sons and daughters.
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Some time later Joash decided to restore the temple of the LORD.
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He called together the priests and Levites and said to them, “Go to the towns of Judah and collect the money due annually from all Israel, to repair the temple of your God. Do it now.” But the Levites did not act at once.