2 Kings 12:1-3

Jehoash/Joash Reigns in Judah

1 In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash became king. He reigned in Jerusalem forty years, and the name of his mother [was] Zibiah from Beersheba.

2 Jehoash did right in the eyes of Yahweh all of his days, because Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

3 Only the high places were not removed; the people [were] still making sacrifices and offering 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.