Jehoashwas sevenyearsoldwhen he becameking.
But Jehosheba,the daughterof KingJoram,sisterof Ahaziah,tookJoashthe sonof Ahaziahand stolehim from amongthe king'ssonswho were being putto death,and placedhim and his nursein the bedroom.So they hidhim from Athaliah,and he was not putto death.
Now in the seventhyearJehoiadasentand broughtthe captainsof hundredsof the Caritesand of the guard,and broughtthem to him in the houseof the LORD.Then he madea covenantwith them and putthem underoathin the houseof the LORD,and showedthem the king'sson.
In the seventhyearof Jehu,Jehoashbecameking,and he reignedfortyyearsin Jerusalem;and his mother'snamewas Zibiahof Beersheba.
Josiahwas eightyearsoldwhen he becameking,and he reignedthirty-oneyearsin Jerusalem;and his mother'sname[was] Jedidahthe daughterof Adaiahof Bozkath.
