richmahn_en_tn/2ch/24/01.md

# 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/other/joash]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/reign]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jerusalem]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/beersheba]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/priest]]
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"became king of Judah"`
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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`

added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`"Jehoiada chose two wives for Joash"`

			`# translationWords`

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