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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

2 Kings 12:2

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 24:17-14, 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 24:20-12.

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See also 2 Kings 12:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    ALL HIS DAYS ... - i. e., so long as Jehoiada was his adviser” (compare 2 Chronicles 24:15). Jehoida was, practically speaking, regent during the minority of Jehoash, i. e., 10 or 12 years. An increas...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    4. JEHOASH, THE TEMPLE REPAIRED, AND THE DEATH OF JEHOASH CHAPTER 12 _ 1. Jehoash's (Joash) Reign (2 Kings 12:1; 2 Chronicles 24:2)_ 2. The Failure of the Priests (2 Kings 12:4;...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    2 KINGS 12. REIGN OF JOASH AND HIS REPAIR OF THE TEMPLE. 2 Kings 12:1 is in the usual annalistic style of the Deuteronomist. It is followed by a curious extract from the Temple records (2 Kings 12:4 f...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ALL HIS DAYS: i.e. all the days of Jehoiada. Compare 2 Chronicles 24:14. Jehoiada. His uncle. See note on Jehosheba, 2 Kings 11:2....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _all his days_ In the original there is a division here in the verse, and the pronoun which both A.V. and R.V. render -wherein" should, as the text stands, be translated -because". This statement that...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    JEHOASH DID THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT, &C.— We refer to the parallel place in Chronicles, for a fuller account of this king and his proceedings after the death of Jehoiada....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. THE REIGN OF JOASH IN JUDAH 11:21-12:21 Like so many of the Hebrew monarchs, Joash got off to a great start. As long as his protector and adviser Jehoiada was living, the young king pursued the rig...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND JEHOASH DID THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD ALL HIS DAYS WHEREIN JEHOIADA THE PRIEST INSTRUCTED HIM._ Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord - so far as related...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JOASH REPAIRS THE TEMPLE 2. All his days] According to 2 Chronicles 24:17.; Joash took to evil courses after the death of Jehoiada....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 12 JOASH REPAIRS THE *LORD’S *TEMPLE V1 Joash became the king in the 7th year of Jehu’s rule. (Jehu was the king of *...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    ALL HIS DAYS WHEREIN JEHOIADA THE PRIEST INSTRUCTED HIM. — The Hebrew is ambiguous, but may certainly mean this, which is the rendering of the LXX. and Vulg. (The accent dividing the verse ought to fa...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[2 Kings 12:3]_ וַ יַּ֨עַשׂ יְהֹואָ֧שׁ הַ יָּשָׁ֛ר...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    ATHALLAH (B.C. 842-836) JOASH BEN AHAZIAH OF JUDAH (B.C. 836-796) 2 Kings 11:1; 2 Kings 12:1 " _ Par cette fin terrible, et due a ses forfaits,_ Apprenez, Roi des Juifs, et n'oubliez jamais, Q...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    MONEY FOR THE LORD'S HOUSE 2 Kings 11:21; 2 Kings 12:1 So long as the good priest lived, the young king did well. How much we owe to the presence of wise, strong men to advise and assist us! But neit...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Coming to the throne at seven years of age, Jehoash reigned for forty years. All that was beneficent in his reign would seem to have been directly due to the influence of Jehoiada, the priest, for "le...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And Jehoash did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein (a) Jehoiada the priest instructed him. (a) As long as rulers give ear to the true ministers of God, they prosper....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Taught him. Joiada lived, at least, till the 23d year of the reign of Joas, (ver. 6.) and the king seems to have persevered some time longer in virtue._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The approbation of the Lord to his conduct, must be considered comparatively, for as idolatry was not totally abolished, this could not be pleasing to the Lord. How delightful is the account given in...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    But in the eleventh chapter we have another scene of deep import and interest. There is a wicked woman and when a woman is wicked there is no wickedness like hers. "And when Athaliah, the mother of Ah...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11 AND 12. In chapter 11, the judgment of God falls upon the family [1] which had corrupted Israel, and even Judah also. The daughter of the house of Ahab, t...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole 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 INSTRUCT...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Jehoash did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. Ver. 2. _All his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him._] As when Je...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Jehoash did what was right_, &c. Having, 1st, such a good director as Jehoiada was, so wise, experienced, and faithful: and, 2d, so much wisdom as to hearken to him, and be directed by him. Here we l...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Iehoash reigneth well all the dayes of Iehoiada. 4 Hee giueth order for the repaire of the Temple. 17 Hazael is diuerted from Ierusalem by a present of the halowed treasures. 19 Iehoash being sla...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE TEMPLE REPAIRED...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days wherein Jehoiada, the priest, instructed him; as long as this staunch, faithful, God-fearing priest lived, he permitted himse...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    JEHOASH REPAIRS THE TEMPLE (vv.1-16) Jehu bad reigned seven years in Israel before Jehoash took the throne of Judah, so that the two were contemporary for 21 years (ch.10:26). Until the time that Je...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-16 It is a great mercy to young people, especially to all young men of rank, like Jehoash, to have those about them who will instruct them to do what is right in the sight of the Lord; and they do...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    To wit, for the matter of it, though not with an honest and sincere mind, but only by the influence of his good tutor and restorer, as the words here following plainly imply....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Kings 12:2 Jehoash H3060 did H6213 (H8799) right H3477 sight H5869 LORD H3068 days H3117 Jehoiada...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE REIGN OF JEHOASH (JOASH) KING OF JUDAH C. 835-796 BC (2 KINGS 12:1). As usual the prophetic author has been extremely selective in what material he has used. His concern was with response or other...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Reign of Joash over Judah and his death. Repair of the temple. CHARACTERS: God, Joash, Jehoida, Hazael. CONCLUSION: Those who are entrusted with public money for the carrying on of God's w...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    2 Kings 12:3. _The people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places,_ where the holy patriarchs and prophets had worshipped the Lord. The people venerated those places, but the law it woul...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord._ INFLUENCE For the right understanding of the character and reign of Jehoash we should consult not only the account given in the presen...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 12:2 JEHOASH (that is, Joash; see note on 11:21) DID WHAT WAS RIGHT. He was a relatively good king who rejected idolatrous worship, but the...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE RESTORATION OF THE TEMPLE BY JOASH CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 12:2. JEHOASH DID RIGHT ALL HIS DAYS WHEREIN JEHOIADA, &c.—The word “wherein” may be rendered _because_, and that alter...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 12:1 THE REIGN OF JOASH._ _THE REPAIR OF THE TEMPLE. WAR OF JOASH WITH HAZAEL, AND

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in the seventh year in which Jehu was the king in Israel is when this king began to reign (2 Kings 12:1); Because you remember, he was just one year old when his dad was killed by Jehu. He was hi...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 24:17; 2 Chronicles 24:2; 2 Chronicles 25:2; 2 Chronicles 26:4;...

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