2Ki 12:1-2 | ESV | STEP | In the seventh year of Jehu , Jehoash began to reign , and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem . His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba .

2 Kings 12:1-2

1 In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash ^{▼▼ Jehoash is an alternate spelling of Joash (son of Ahaziah) as in 11:2; also verses 2, 4, 6, 7, 18} began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba. 2 And Jehoash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all his days, because Jehoiada the priest instructed him.