Study it in the app“In year thirty-seven of Joash king of Judah, Joash son of Jehoahaz became king over Israel in Samaria and reigned sixteen years.”
In yearבִּשְׁנַתthirty-sevenשְׁלֹשִׁים וָשֶׁבַע שָׁנָהof Joashלְיוֹאָשׁkingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָהJoashיְהוֹאָשׁsonבֶּןof Jehoahazיְהוֹאָחָזbecame kingמָלַךְover Israelעַל יִשְׂרָאֵלin Samariaבְּשֹׁמְרוֹןand reignedsixteenשֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵהyears.שָׁנָה
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenat” appearsthirty
Thirty; also "thirtieth".
Where else “sheloshim” appearsseven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appearsJoash
Joash, the father of Gideon. Other people in the Bible bear this name, among them two kings (2 Kings 11-13). It means "YHWH has given."
Where else “yoash” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsJoash
Joash (the long Hebrew form of the name, Jehoash). It means "YHWH has given." Two kings bear it: Joash of Judah, son of Ahaziah, saved as a child and made king at seven (2 Kings 11–12), and Joash of Israel, son of Jehoahaz (2 Kings 13–14).
Where else “yehoash” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsJehoahaz
Jehoahaz: a name meaning "YHWH has grasped" (holds by the hand). Borne by a son of Jehu, king of Israel (2 Kings 10:35; 13:1), by a son of Josiah, king of Judah (2 Kings 23:30), and it is another form of the name of Ahaziah son of Joram (2 Chronicles 21:17).
Where else “yehoachaz” appearsreign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “malach” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsSamaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appearssix
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shesh” appears-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appearsTwo kings bear the same name here: Joash of Judah, son of Ahaziah, and Joash of Israel, son of Jehoahaz.
Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
9Jehoahaz lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria; and Joash his son reigned in his place.
10 · This verse (above)
11He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH; he did not turn away from all the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, by which he made Israel sin; in them he walked.
