2 Kings 12:1-3

Joash Repairs the Temple

1 In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash^[a] became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.

2 Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the years Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

3 The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

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.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Kings 11:2
• 2. S Deuteronomy 12:25; S 2 Samuel 8:15
• 3. S 1 Kings 3:3; S 2 Kings 14:4; 2 Kings 15:35; 2 Kings 18:4

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew "Jehoash," a variant of "Joash" ; also in verses 2, 4, 6, 7 and 18