Zibiah
시비아
Named at 2 Kings 12:1 as the mother of Jehoash: “Jehoash began to reign in the seventh year of Jehu, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.” The Korean Revised Version names the king 요아스 (Joash).
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- 2CH 24:1–3, engwebp
1Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah, of Beersheba.
2Joash did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
3Jehoiada took for him two wives, and he became the father of sons and daughters.
- 2KI 12:1–3, engwebp
1Jehoash began to reign in the seventh year of Jehu, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
2Jehoash did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
3However, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.
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Zibiah — Mother of — Joash (son of Ahaziah)
Evidence: 2 Chronicles 24:1–3, 2 Kings 12:1–3
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Jehoash began to reign in the seventh year of Jehu, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah, of Beersheba.
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Current wording: Named at 2 Kings 12:1 as the mother of Jehoash: “Jehoash began to reign in the seventh year of Jehu, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.” The Korean Revised Version names the king 요아스 (Joash).
Cited evidence: 2CH 24:1–3, engwebp / 2KI 12:1–3, engwebp
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