Joash יוֹאָשׁ

King of Judah. Joash (Jehoash), son of Ahaziah, became king of Judah at age seven and reigned for forty years.

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Also called Jehoash.

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In the genealogy of Jesus · Kings of Israel and Judah

Where Joash appears

2 Kings (17), 2 Chronicles (8), 1 Chronicles (1)

Key verses

• 2 Kings 11:2 first mention — But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
• 2 Kings 12:4 — And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man’s heart to bring into the house of the LORD,
• 2 Kings 12:18 — And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king’s house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
• 2 Kings 12:20 — And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
• 2 Kings 14:3 — And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
• 2 Kings 14:13 — And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
• 1 Chronicles 3:11 — Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
• 2 Chronicles 22:11 — But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.
• 2 Chronicles 24:2 — And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
• 2 Chronicles 24:22 — Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
• 2 Chronicles 24:24 — For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.
• 2 Chronicles 25:23 — And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Several people in the Bible share this name; this page is about the one described above. Verse text: King James Version.