2 Kings 12:2

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Jehoash did what the LORD approved all his days when Jehoiada the priest taught him.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 14:3 : 3 He did what the LORD approved, but not like David his father. He followed the example of his father Joash.
  • 2 Chr 24:2 : 2 Joash did what the LORD approved throughout the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest.
  • 2 Chr 24:17-22 : 17 After Jehoiada died, the officials of Judah visited the king and declared their loyalty to him. The king listened to their advice. 18 They abandoned the temple of the LORD God of their ancestors, and worshiped the Asherah poles and idols. Because of this sinful activity, God was angry with Judah and Jerusalem. 19 The LORD sent prophets among them to lead them back to him. They warned the people, but they would not pay attention. 20 God’s Spirit energized Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood up before the people and said to them,“This is what God says:‘Why are you violating the commands of the LORD? You will not be prosperous! Because you have rejected the LORD, he has rejected you!’” 21 They plotted against him and by royal decree stoned him to death in the courtyard of the LORD’s temple. 22 King Joash disregarded the loyalty his father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada’s son. As Zechariah was dying, he said,“May the LORD take notice and seek vengeance!”
  • 2 Chr 25:2 : 2 He did what the LORD approved, but not with wholehearted devotion.
  • 2 Chr 26:4 : 4 He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 24:1-4
    4 verses
    92%

    1Joash’s Reign Joash was seven years old when he began to reign. He reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba.

    2Joash did what the LORD approved throughout the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest.

    3Jehoiada chose two wives for him who gave him sons and daughters.

    4Later, Joash was determined to repair the LORD’s temple.

  • 2 Kgs 14:3-4
    2 verses
    85%

    3He did what the LORD approved, but not like David his father. He followed the example of his father Joash.

    4But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

  • 2 Kgs 15:3
    81%

    3He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.

  • 2 Kgs 22:2
    80%

    2He did what the LORD approved and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; he did not deviate to the right or the left.

  • 2 Chr 20:32
    78%

    32He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the LORD approved.

  • 2 Chr 26:4
    78%

    4He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.

  • 2 Kgs 12:1
    78%

    1(12:2) In Jehu’s seventh year Jehoash became king; he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba.

  • 2 Kgs 15:34
    78%

    34He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Uzziah had done.

  • 2 Chr 34:2
    78%

    2He did what the LORD approved and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; he did not deviate to the right or the left.

  • 2 Chr 27:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1Jotham’s Reign Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

    2He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Uzziah had done.(He did not, however, have the audacity to enter the temple.) Yet the people were still sinning.

  • 2 Kgs 13:9-12
    4 verses
    76%

    9Jehoahaz passed away and was buried in Samaria. His son Joash replaced him as king.

    10Jehoash’s Reign over Israel In the thirty-seventh year of King Joash’s reign over Judah, Jehoahaz’s son Jehoash became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for sixteen years.

    11He did evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin; he continued in those sins.

    12The rest of the events of Joash’s reign, including all his accomplishments and his successful war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 14:2
    75%

    2Asa’s Religious and Military Accomplishments(14:1) Asa did what the LORD his God desired and approved.

  • 2 Kgs 18:3
    75%

    3He did what the LORD approved, just as his ancestor David had done.

  • 1 Kgs 22:43
    75%

    43He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the LORD approved.(22:44) However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

  • 2 Kgs 12:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

    4Jehoash said to the priests,“I place at your disposal all the consecrated silver that has been brought to the LORD’s temple, including the silver collected from the census tax, the silver received from those who have made vows, and all the silver that people have voluntarily contributed to the LORD’s temple.

  • 2 Chr 29:2
    75%

    2He did what the LORD approved, just as his ancestor David had done.

  • 1 Kgs 15:11
    73%

    11Asa did what the LORD approved like his ancestor David had done.

  • 2 Chr 25:2
    73%

    2He did what the LORD approved, but not with wholehearted devotion.

  • 2 Kgs 13:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1Jehoahaz’s Reign over Israel In the twenty-third year of the reign of Judah’s King Joash son of Ahaziah, Jehu’s son Jehoahaz became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for seventeen years.

    2He did evil in the sight of the LORD. He continued in the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who had encouraged Israel to sin; he did not repudiate those sins.

  • 2 Kgs 11:21
    72%

    21Joash’s Reign over Judah(12:1) Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.

  • 2 Chr 22:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram, took Ahaziah’s son Joash and stole him away from the rest of the royal descendants who were to be executed. She hid him and his nurse in the room where the bed covers were stored. So Jehoshabeath the daughter of King Jehoram, wife of Jehoiada the priest and sister of Ahaziah, hid him from Athaliah so she could not execute him.

    12He remained in hiding in God’s temple for six years, while Athaliah was ruling over the land.

  • 2 Kgs 12:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18King Jehoash of Judah collected all the sacred items that his ancestors Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had consecrated, as well as his own sacred items and all the gold that could be found in the treasuries of the LORD’s temple and the royal palace. He sent it all to King Hazael of Syria, who then withdrew from Jerusalem.

    19The rest of the events of Joash’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.

  • 2 Kgs 11:3
    70%

    3He hid out with his nurse in the LORD’s temple for six years, while Athaliah was ruling over the land.

  • 2 Kgs 14:15-17
    3 verses
    70%

    15The rest of the events of Jehoash’s reign, including all his accomplishments and his successful war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

    16Jehoash passed away and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Jeroboam replaced him as king.)

    17King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 31:20
    69%

    20This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the LORD his God considered good and right and faithful.

  • 2 Kgs 23:32
    69%

    32He did evil in the sight of the LORD as his ancestors had done.

  • 2 Chr 17:4
    69%

    4but instead sought the God of his ancestors and obeyed his commands, unlike the Israelites.

  • 2 Kgs 12:6
    69%

    6By the twenty-third year of King Jehoash’s reign the priests had still not repaired the damage to the temple.

  • 2 Kgs 8:25
    69%

    25Ahaziah Takes the Throne of Judah In the twelfth year of the reign of Israel’s King Joram, son of Ahab, Jehoram’s son Ahaziah became king over Judah.

  • 2 Kgs 14:1
    69%

    1Amaziah’s Reign over Judah In the second year of the reign of Israel’s King Joash son of Joahaz, Joash’s son Amaziah became king over Judah.

  • 2 Chr 24:22
    69%

    22King Joash disregarded the loyalty his father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada’s son. As Zechariah was dying, he said,“May the LORD take notice and seek vengeance!”

  • 1 Kgs 22:52
    69%

    52He did evil in the sight of the LORD and followed in the footsteps of his father and mother; like Jeroboam son of Nebat, he encouraged Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 8:17
    69%

    17He was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 25:25
    68%

    25King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Joash son of Jehoahaz of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 24:9
    68%

    9He did evil in the sight of the LORD as his ancestors had done.

  • 2 Chr 36:9
    68%

    9Jehoiachin’s Reign Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did evil in the sight of the LORD.