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2 Kings 12:1-3

Listen to 2 Kings 12:1-3

Judah's King Joash

1 In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king; he reigned 40 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah, who was from Beer-sheba.
2 Throughout the time Jehoiada the priest instructed him, Joash did what was right in the Lord's sight.
3 Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

2 Kings 12:1-3 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 12

In this chapter some account is given of the reign of Jehoash, that it was long, and the beginning of it good, during the life of Jehoiada, 2Ki 12:1-3 how urgent he was to have the temple repaired, and what methods were taken for that purpose, 2Ki 12:4-16, how meanly, as well as impiously, he behaved, when the king of Syria was about to come up to Jerusalem and besiege it, 2Ki 12:17,18, and the chapter is closed with an account of his death, and the manner of it, 2Ki 12:19-21.

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Footnotes 1

  • [a] 2 Ch 24:1-4
Holman Christian Standard Bible ® Copyright © 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999 by Holman Bible Publishers.  Used by permission.  All rights reserved.

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