( 12: 1) Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.

约阿施登基的时候年方七岁。

约阿施登基的时候年方七岁。

约阿施登基的时候年方七岁。

约阿施七岁登基。

约阿施作王的时候，只有七岁。（本节在《马索拉文本》为12:1）

約阿施登基的時候年方七歲。

約阿施登基的時候年方七歲。

約阿施登基的時候年方七歲。

約阿施七歲登基。

約阿施作王的時候，只有七歲。（本節在《馬索拉文本》為12:1）

約阿施登極的時候、才七歲。

約阿施即位時、年甫七齡、

約轄即位之時、年僅七齡。

約阿施即位之時、年方七歲、

Joash was seven years old when he began to reign.

Joash was seven years old when he became king.

Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.

Joash was seven years old when he became king.

Joash was seven years old when he became king.

Jehoash was seven years old when he became king.

Jehoash was seven years old when he became king.

Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.

Joash was seven years old when he became king.

Seven years old[ was] Jehoash when he began to reign.

Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.

Joash was seven years old when he began to reign. He reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba.Joash did what the LORD approved throughout the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest.Jehoiada chose two wives for him who gave him sons and daughters.Joash was determined to repair the LORD’s temple.He assembled the priests and Levites and ordered them,“ Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the annual quota of silver from all Israel for repairs on the temple of your God. Be quick about it!” But the Levites delayed.So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest, and said to him,“ Why have you not made the Levites collect from Judah and Jerusalem the tax authorized by Moses the LORD’s servant and by the assembly of Israel at the tent containing the tablets of the law?”( Wicked Athaliah and her sons had broken into God’s temple and used all the holy items of the LORD’s temple in their worship of the Baals.)The king ordered a chest to be made and placed outside the gate of the LORD’s temple.An edict was sent throughout Judah and Jerusalem requiring the people to bring to the LORD the tax that Moses, God’s servant, imposed on Israel in the wilderness.All the officials and all the people gladly brought their silver and threw it into the chest until it was full.Whenever the Levites brought the chest to the royal accountant and they saw there was a lot of silver, the royal scribe and the accountant of the high priest emptied the chest and then took it back to its place. They went through this routine every day and collected a large amount of silver.The king and Jehoiada gave it to the construction foremen assigned to the LORD’s temple. They hired carpenters and craftsmen to repair the LORD’s temple, as well as those skilled in working with iron and bronze to restore the LORD’s temple.They worked hard and made the repairs. They followed the measurements specified for God’s temple and restored it.When they were finished, they brought the rest of the silver to the king and Jehoiada. They used it to make items for the LORD’s temple, including items used in the temple service and for burnt sacrifices, pans, and various other gold and silver items. Throughout Jehoiada’s lifetime, burnt sacrifices were offered regularly in the LORD’s temple.

Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath.

In the seventh year Jehoiada summoned the officers of the units of hundreds of the Carians and the royal bodyguard. He met with them in the LORD’s temple. He made an agreement with them and made them swear an oath of allegiance in the LORD’s temple. Then he showed them the king’s son.