2 Joash began to reign in the seventh year of Jehu, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother, who was named Zibiah, was from Beer-sheba.

3 Joash did what was pleasing to the LORD as long as he lived, because the priest Jehoiada guided him.

4 Still, the high places did not disappear; the people continued to sacrifice and to burn incense there.