2 Kings 11:21

Jehoash rules Judah

21 Jehoash was 7 years old when he became king.

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 Then he took the unit commanders, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they led the king down from the LORD's temple, processing through the Guards' Gate to the palace, where the king sat upon the royal throne.

20 All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was at peace now that Athaliah had been executed at the palace.

21 Jehoash was 7 years old when he became king.

Footnotes

• [a] 12:1 in Heb