The Torah Atlas

person · P0407

Yoash יהואש

The hidden infant of the house of David, crowned at seven by Yehoyada the priest (Yehoyada) and king for forty years. He repaired the Temple by the chest-of-donations system; after Yehoyada's death he heeded the officers, and Zechariah ben Yehoyada (Zechariah ben Yehoyada) was stoned in the Temple court at his order. His own servants killed him at Beit Millo.

I. Who

Hebrew
יהואש
Also known as
Joash of Judah, Yehoash ben Achazyahu
Era
bible
Parents
Achazyahu
Children
Amatzyah

II. When

Traditional
c. 3058–3105 AM (reigned 3065–3105, forty years; seven at accession)
Academic
reigned c. 835–796 BCE
Lifespan (traditional)
≈47 years
Precision
approximate

III. Where

Places
Jerusalem

V. How do we know

ClaimEvidenceConfidenceSources
Yehoash was seven years old when he became king; in the seventh year of Yehu he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem, doing right all the days that Yehoyada the priest instructed him.
Directly stated in the cited source.
biblical ★★★★★
He instituted the repair of the Temple (bedek habayit): the priests' arrangement having failed by his twenty-third year, Yehoyada bored a hole in a chest by the altar, and the counted silver was paid directly to the workmen, who dealt honestly. biblical ★★★★★
After Yehoyada's death, the spirit of God clothed Zechariah ben Yehoyada, who rebuked the people; they conspired and stoned him at the king's command in the court of the Temple — "and the king did not remember the kindness of Yehoyada his father." biblical ★★★★★
The placement (reigned 3065–3105 AM) is a schematic Mesorah Atlas reconstruction: the regnal years stated in Kings are chained forward from the division of the kingdom in 2964 AM on the traditional (Seder Olam) timeline, with sub-year reigns counted as zero. The cited source states the reign's length, not absolute dates.
The cited sources establish relative chronology or regnal duration; they do not state the absolute AM range.
tradition reconstruction ★★☆☆☆