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Bishop's Bible

2 Kings 12:2

And he did that which was good in the sight of the Lorde, as long as Iehoiada the priest enfourmed him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Jehoiada;   Joash;   Zeal, Religious;   Thompson Chain Reference - Boys, Pious;   Children;   Home;   Instruction;   Piety;   Sight, in God's;   Young Men;   Young People;   Youthful Piety;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Temple;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jehoash;   Priest;   Teacher;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Zeal;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jehoiada;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Government;   Jerusalem;   Name, Names;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jehoiada ;   Joash ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jehoiada;   Joash;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jeho'ash;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jehoash;   Uzziah (Azariah);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Parashiyyot, the Four;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Throughout the time the priest Jehoiada instructed him, Joash did what was right in the Lord’s sight.
Hebrew Names Version
Yeho'ash did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD all his days in which Yehoiada the Kohen instructed him.
King James Version
And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
English Standard Version
And Jehoash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all his days, because Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
New Century Version
Joash did what the Lord said was right as long as Jehoiada the priest taught him.
New English Translation
Throughout his lifetime Jehoash did what the Lord approved, just as Jehoiada the priest taught him.
Amplified Bible
Jehoash did right in the sight of the LORD all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
New American Standard Bible
Jehoash did what was right in the sight of the LORD all his days that Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Iehoash did that which was good in the sight of the Lord all his time that Iehoiada the Priest taught him.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Jehoash did what was right in the sight of Yahweh all his days in which Jehoiada the priest 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 .
Complete Jewish Bible
It was in the seventh year of Yehu that Y'ho'ash began to rule, and he ruled forty years in Yerushalayim. His mother's name was Tzivyah, from Be'er-Sheva.
Darby Translation
And Jehoash did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, all the days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
Easy-to-Read Version
For as long as he lived, Joash did what the Lord considered right. He did what Jehoiada the priest taught him.
George Lamsa Translation
And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
Good News Translation
Throughout his life he did what pleased the Lord , because Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
Lexham English Bible
Jehoash did right in the eyes of Yahweh all of his days, because Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
Literal Translation
And Joash did that which was good in the eyes of Jehovah all his days in which Jehoiada the priest guided him;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Ioas dyd that which was righte in the sighte of the LORDE, as longe as Ioiada ye prest taught him.
American Standard Version
And Jehoash did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
Bible in Basic English
Jehoash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all his days, because he was guided by the teaching of Jehoiada the priest.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
In the seventh year of Jehu began Jehoash to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
King James Version (1611)
And Iehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his dayes, wherein Iehoiada the Priest instructed him.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Joas did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days that Jodae the priest instructed him.
English Revised Version
And Jehoash did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
Berean Standard Bible
And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days he was instructed by Jehoiada the priest.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Joas dide riytfulnesse bifor the Lord in alle the daies, in whiche Joiada, the preest, tauyte hym.
Young's Literal Translation
and Jehoash doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah all his days in which Jehoiada the priest directed him,
Update Bible Version
And Jehoash did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Jehoash did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
World English Bible
Jehoash did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
New King James Version
Jehoash did what was right in the sight of the LORD all the days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
New Living Translation
All his life Joash did what was pleasing in the Lord 's sight because Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
New Life Bible
Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all his days, because Jehoiada the religious leader taught him.
New Revised Standard
Jehoash did what was right in the sight of the Lord all his days, because the priest Jehoiada instructed him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Jehoash did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh all his days, - whereunto, Jehoiada the priest, instructed him:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Joas did that which was right before the Lord all the days that Joiada, the priest, taught him.
Revised Standard Version
And Jeho'ash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all his days, because Jehoi'ada the priest instructed him.
THE MESSAGE
Taught and trained by Jehoiada the priest, Joash did what pleased God for as long as he lived. (Even so, he didn't get rid of the sacred fertility shrines—people still frequented them, sacrificing and burning incense.)
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Jehoash did right in the sight of the LORD all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

Contextual Overview

1 And Iehoas began to raigne in the seuenth yere of Iehu, fouretie yeres raigned he in Hierusalem: & his mothers name was Zebiah of Beerseba. 2 And he did that which was good in the sight of the Lorde, as long as Iehoiada the priest enfourmed him. 3 But the high places were not taken away: for the people offred and burnt incense yet vpon the high places.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

2 Kings 14:3, 2 Chronicles 24:2, 2 Chronicles 24:17-22, 2 Chronicles 25:2, 2 Chronicles 26:4

Reciprocal: Judges 2:7 - the people Judges 8:33 - as soon 2 Kings 11:2 - Joash 2 Kings 12:7 - Jehoiada 2 Kings 15:3 - General Jeremiah 34:15 - ye Galatians 4:1 - That

Cross-References

Genesis 12:3
I wyll also blesse them that blesse thee, and curse the that curseth thee: and in thee shall all kinredes of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 12:4
And so Abram departed, euen as the Lorde had spoken vnto hym, and Lot went with him: and Abram was seuentie and fiue yeres old when he departed out of Haran.
Genesis 12:6
Abram passed through the lande, vnto the place of Sichem, vnto the plaine of Moreh. And the Chanaanite [was] then in the lande.
Genesis 12:8
And remouyng thence vnto a mountayne that was eastwarde from Bethel, he pitched his tent, hauyng Bethel on the west syde, & Hai on the east: and there he buyldyng an aulter vnto the Lorde, dyd call vpon the name of the Lorde.
Genesis 12:9
And Abram toke his iourney, goyng and iourneying towarde the south.
Genesis 12:10
[And] the there was a famine in that lande, and therfore went Abram downe into Egypt, that he myght soiourne there, for there was a greeuons famine in the lande.
Genesis 12:14
And so when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians behelde the woman, for she was very fayre.
Genesis 12:16
And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheepe and oxen, and he asses, menseruauntes, & maydeseruauntes, she asses and camelles.
Genesis 12:17
But the Lorde plagued Pharao and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai Abrams wyfe.
Genesis 12:18
And Pharao callyng Abram, sayde: why hast thou done this vnto me?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days,.... Worshipping the only true God, and ruling and walking according to the law of God:

wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him; and so long as he observed his instructions, and as long as that priest lived, he reigned well; for to that period "all his days must be limited"; for after his death he was seduced by the princes of Judah to idolatry, and lived scandalously, and died ignominiously; see 2 Chronicles 24:2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

All his days ... - i. e., so long as Jehoiada was his adviser” (compare 2 Chronicles 24:15-22). Jehoida was, practically speaking, regent during the minority of Jehoash, i. e., 10 or 12 years. An increase of power to the priestly order was the natural consequence. Jehoiada bore the title of “high priest” 2 Kings 12:10, which had been dropped since the time of Eleazar Joshua 20:6, and the Levitical order from this time became more mixed up with public affairs and possessed greater influence than previously. Jehoiada’s successors traced their office to him rather than to Aaron Jeremiah 29:26.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 12:2. Jehoash did - right in the sight of the Lord — While Jehoiada the priest, who was a pious, holy man, lived, Jehoash walked uprightly; but it appears from 2 Chronicles 24:17-18, that he departed from the worship of the true God after the death of this eminent high priest, lapsed into idolatry, and seems to have had a share in the murder of Zechariah, who testified against his transgressions, and those of the princes of Judah. See above, 2 Kings 24:20-22.

O how few of the few who begin to live to God continue unto the end!


 
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