King James Version
2 Kings 12:1 in the King James Version says “In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Z...” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.”
2 Kings 12:1 · KJV
In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“In the seventh”
H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
“he in Jerusalem”
H3389jerushalaim or jerushalem, the capital city of palestine
“name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
“And his mother's”
H517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])
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