2-Kings - 11:21

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

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Kings 11:21.

Differing Translations

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Now Joas was seven years old, when he began to reign.
a son of seven years is Jehoash in his reigning.
And Jehoash was seven years old when he became king.
Now Jehoash was seven years old when he had begun to reign.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Seven years old was Jehoash - The first instance on record of making a child seven years old the king of any nation, and especially of such a nation as the Jews, who were at all times very difficult to be governed.

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.

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