Verse 2

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

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  • 2 Kgs 14:3 : 3 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, though not like his ancestor David. He followed the example of his father Joash instead.
  • 2 Chr 24:2 : 2 Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
  • 2 Chr 24:17-22 : 17 After the death of Jehoiada, the officials of Judah came and bowed before the king, and the king listened to their advice. 18 They abandoned the house of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and started worshiping the Asherah poles and idols. As a result, God's wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem because of their guilt. 19 The Lord sent prophets among them to bring them back to Him, but though the prophets testified against them, they refused to listen. 20 Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest. Standing above the people, he said to them, 'This is what God says: Why do you disobey the Lord's commands and bring about your own failure? Because you have forsaken the Lord, He has also forsaken you.' 21 But they conspired against him, and at the king's command, they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the house of the Lord. 22 King Joash did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, had shown him but killed his son. As Zechariah was dying, he said, 'May the Lord see this and call you to account.'
  • 2 Chr 25:2 : 2 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.
  • 2 Chr 26:4 : 4 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father Amaziah had done.