12 6 Jehoash maketh provision for the repairing of the Temple. 16 He slayeth the king of Syria by a present from coming against Jerusalem. 20 He is killed by two of his servants.

In (A)the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign, and reigned forty years in Jerusalem, and his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

And Jehoash did that which was good in the sight of the Lord all his time that [a]Jehoiada the Priest taught him.

But [b]the high places were not taken away: for the people offered yet and burnt incense in the high places.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 12:2 So long as rulers give ear to the true ministers of God, they prosper.
  2. 2 Kings 12:3 So hard a thing it is for them, that are in authority, to be brought to the perfect obedience of God.

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