# began to reign

"became king of Judah"

# forty years

"40 years" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# Zibiah

This is a woman's name. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# what was right in the eyes of Yahweh

The word "eyes" here represents seeing, and seeing represents judgment. Yahweh saw and approved of Joash's actions. See how you translated a similar phrase in [2 Chronicles 14:1](../14/01.md). AT: "what Yahweh judged to be right" or "what Yahweh considered to be right" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# all the days of Jehoiada, the priest

This idiom means "as long as Jehoiada, the priest, was alive." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# Jehoiada took for him two wives

"Jehoiada chose two wives for Joash"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/joash]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/reign]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jerusalem]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/beersheba]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/priest]]