John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 12:1
In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign ,.... So that he reigned twenty one or twenty two years contemporary with Jehu's reign, for Jehu reigned twenty eight years: and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem ; the same number of years David and Solomon reigned: and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba ; a city in the tribe of Simeon, in the extreme part of the land of Canaan southward; her name in the Chaldee dialect is Tabitha, the same with Dorcas in Greek, Acts 9:36 ... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 12:1-3
The general account here given of Joash is, 1. That he reigned forty years. As he began his reign when he was very young, he might, in the course of nature, have continued much longer, for he was cut off when he was but forty-seven years old, 2 Kgs. 12:1. 2. That he did that which was right as long as Jehoiada lived to instruct him, 2 Kgs. 12:2. Many young men have come too soon to an estate?have had wealth, and power, and liberty, before they knew how to use them?and it has been of bad... read more