1
Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zibiah from Beersheba.
2
Joash did what was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
3
Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he became the father of sons and daughters.
4
Now it came about after this that Joash decided to restore the house of the LORD .
5
He gathered the priests and Levites and said to them, "Go out to the cities of Judah and collect money from all Israel to repair the house of your God annually , and you shall do the matter quickly." But the Levites did not act quickly.