2 Chronicles 24:2

And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord as long as Jehoiada the priest was living.

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And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

In Context

1Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he was ruling for forty years in Jerusalem: his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.

3And Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he became the father of sons and daughters.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 24:17Now after the death of Jehoiada, the chiefs of Judah came and went down on their faces before the king. Then the king gave ear to them.

2 Chronicles 26:4He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Amaziah had done.

Psalms 78:36But their lips were false to him, and their tongues were untrue to him;

Isaiah 29:13And the Lord said, because this people come near to me with their mouths, and give honour to me with their lips, but their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is false, a rule given them by the teaching of men;

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 24:2-15

The Temple Repaired. ( b. c. 855.) 1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. 2 And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest. 3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters. 4 And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the Lord . 5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out… Read the whole commentary →

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