2 Kings 12:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jehoash did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בִּשְׁנַת־שֶׁ֤בַע לְיֵהוּא֙ מָלַ֣ךְ יְהוֹאָ֔שׁ וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירֽוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ צִבְיָ֖ה מִבְּאֵ֥ר שָֽׁבַע׃

Transliteration

Bišnaṯ-šeḇaʿ lYēhûʾ mālaḵ Yəhôʾāš wəʾarbāʿîm šānâ mālaḵ bîrûšālāim wəšēm ʾimmô Ṣiḇyâ miBəʾēr šāḇaʿ

Grammar Details

*Bišnaṯ-šeḇaʿ*: preposition + construct state - in year of seven
*lYēhûʾ*: preposition + proper name - to/for/of Jehu
*mālaḵ*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - reigned/became king
*wəʾarbāʿîm*: conjunction + number - and forty
*šānâ*: feminine singular - year
*bîrûšālāim*: preposition + proper name - in Jerusalem
*wəšēm*: conjunction + masculine noun construct - and name of
*ʾimmô*: feminine noun + 3ms suffix - his mother
*miBəʾēr šāḇaʿ*: preposition + proper name - from Beer-sheba

Word Meanings

*Bišnaṯ-šeḇaʿ lYēhûʾ*: in the seventh year of Jehu
*mālaḵ*: became king/began to reign

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 14:3 : 3 And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.
2 Chr 24:2 : 2 And Joash did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
2 Chr 24:17-22 : 17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them. 18 And they forsook the house of Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness. 19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto Jehovah; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear. 20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of Jehovah, so that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken Jehovah, he hath also forsaken you. 21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah. 22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, Jehovah look upon it, and require it.
2 Chr 25:2 : 2 And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, but not with a perfect heart.
2 Chr 26:4 : 4 And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

Similar Verses (AI)

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2 Chr 24:1-4
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1Joash was seven years old when he began to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Zibiah, of Beer-sheba.
2And Joash did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
3And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
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2 Kgs 14:3-4
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3And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.
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2 Kgs 15:3
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3And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
2 Kgs 22:2
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2And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
2 Chr 20:32
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32And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah.
2 Chr 26:4
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4And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
2 Kgs 12:1
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1In 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.
2 Kgs 15:34
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34And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah; he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
2 Chr 34:2
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2And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
2 Chr 27:1-2
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1Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.
2And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Uzziah had done: howbeit he entered not into the temple of Jehovah. And the people did yet corruptly.
2 Kgs 13:9-12
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9And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead.
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11And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin; but he walked therein.
12Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2 Chr 14:2
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2And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Jehovah his God:
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3And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.
1 Kgs 22:43
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43And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; He turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah: howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
2 Kgs 12:3-4
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3Howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
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2 Chr 29:2
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2And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.
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2 Chr 25:2
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2 Kgs 11:21
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2 Chr 22:11-12
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19Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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2 Kgs 14:15-17
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15Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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2 Chr 31:20
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2 Kgs 23:32
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2 Kgs 8:25
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2 Chr 24:22
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