1. Yoash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned arba'im shanah in Yerushalayim. Shem immo also was Tzivyah of Beer Sheva.
2. And Yoash did that which was yashar in the eyes of Hashem kol yemei Yehoyada HaKohen.
3. And Yehoyada took for him nashim shtayim; and he fathered banim and banot.
4. And it came to pass after this, that Yoash was minded to renovate the Bais Hashem.