2 Kings 12:2
“And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.”
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.
And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the Lord, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man’s heart to bring into the house of the Lord,
Counter-Arguments
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Cross-References
“And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord, that he did for Israel.”
“And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal–berith their god.”
“And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.”
“Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.”
“And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart.”