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# 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"
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			`# 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"`