◄ 2 Kings 12:2 ►
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Good News Translation
Throughout his life he did what pleased the LORD, because Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

New Revised Standard Version
Jehoash did what was right in the sight of the LORD all his days, because the priest Jehoiada instructed him.

Contemporary English Version
Jehoiada the priest taught Joash what was right, and so for the rest of his life Joash obeyed the LORD.

New American Bible
Joash did what was right in the LORD’s sight as long as he lived, because Jehoiada the priest guided him,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Joas did that which was right before the Lord all the days that Joiada, the priest, taught him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Joas did that which was right before the Lord all the days that Joiada, the priest, taught him.

2 Kings 14:3 And he did that which was right before the Lord, but yet not like David his father. He did according to all things that Joas his father, did:

2 Chronicles 24:2,17-22 And he did that which is good before the Lord all the days of Joiada the priest. . . .

2 Chronicles 25:2 And he did what was good in the sight of the Lord: but yet not with a perfect heart.

2 Chronicles 26:4 And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Amasias his father had done.

Context
Joash Repairs the Temple
1In the seventh year of Jehu, Joas began to reign: and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Sebia, of Bersabee. 2And Joas did that which was right before the Lord all the days that Joiada, the priest, taught him.3But yet he took not away the high places: for the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.…
Cross References
2 Kings 12:1
In the seventh year of Jehu, Joas began to reign: and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Sebia, of Bersabee.

2 Kings 12:3
But yet he took not away the high places: for the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

2 Kings 12:1
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