2 Chronicles 24:2

Joash did what pleased Yahweh as long as Jehoiada was the Supreme Priest.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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 the king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 40 years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba city.

3Jehoiada chose two women to be Joash’s wives. And they bore Joash sons and daughters.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 24:17After Jehoiada died, the leaders of Judah went to Joash, bowed in front of him, and persuaded him to do what they wanted.

2 Chronicles 26:4Uzziah did things that Yahweh considered to be good, like his father Amaziah had done.

Psalms 78:36But they tried to deceive God by what they said [MTY]; their words [MTY] were all lies.

Isaiah 29:13So the Lord says, “These people say that they belong to me. They honor me by what they say [MTY], but they do not think [IDM] about what I desire. When they worship me, all they do is recite rules that people have made and that they have memorized.

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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