Jehoash
King of Israel · 839–826 BC
Also called Joash
See him on the kings chart · On the timeline
His Reign
- Reigned
- sixteen years 2 Kings 13:10
- Began
- in Jehoash’s 37th year 2 Kings 13:10
- Before Him
- Jehoahaz
- After Him
- Jeroboam II
In the Sight of the LORD
“he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD” 2 Kings 13:11
Ussher’s Years
- King with His Father 841–839 BC
- “Joas the son of Jehoachaz, was taken into the consortship of this kingdom by his father”
- Began to Reign 839–826 BC
- “Jehoachaz, the son of Jehu died, and was buried in Samaria”
His father took him into the kingdom in the thirty and seventh year of Joash of Judah (2 Kings 13:10), two years before Jehoahaz died.
Dated by Archbishop James Ussher’s Annals of the World (1658), quoted as printed.
In Judah in His Day
Prophets in His Day
- Elisha Named in 2 Kings 13:14