2 Kings 12:3
But yet he took not away the high places: for the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2And Joas did that which was right before the Lord all the days that Joiada the priest taught him.
Cross References
1 Kings 15:11And Asa did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, as did David his father:
1 Kings 22:43And he walked in all the way of Asa his father, and he declined not from it: and he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord.
2 Kings 15:3And he did that which was pleasing before the Lord, according to all that his father Amasias had done.
2 Kings 18:3And he did that which was good before the Lord, according to all that David his father had done.
2 Kings 22:2And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the ways of David his father: he turned not aside to the right hand, or to the left.
Jeremiah 2:20Of old time thou hast broken my yoke, thou hast burst my bands, and thou saidst: I will not serve. For on every high hill, and under every green tree thou didst prostitute thyself.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 12:2-4
The Reign of Joash, King of Judah. ( b. c. 878.) 1 In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. 2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 3 But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. The general account here given of Joash is, 1. That he reigned forty years. As he began his reign… Read the whole commentary →