Verse 2

2 Kings 12:2

American Standard Version

2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
בִּ/שְׁנַת שֶׁ֤בַע לְ/יֵהוּא֙ מָלַ֣ךְ יְהוֹאָ֔שׁ וְ/אַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּ/ירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְ/שֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔/וֹ צִבְיָ֖ה מִ/בְּאֵ֥ר שָֽׁבַע
English Translation
In the seventh year of Jehoahaz, King Jehoash reigned for forty years in Jerusalem, and his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 12 Context
1 In the seventh year of Jehu began Jehoash to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his... Focus ↗
2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest...
3 Howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the hi... Focus ↗
4 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the hallowed things that is brought into the house... Focus ↗
5 let the priests take it to them, every man from his acquaintance; and they shall repair the breaches... Focus ↗
6 But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the... Focus ↗
7 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the [other] priests, and said unto them, W... Focus ↗
8 And the priests consented that they should take no [more] money from the people, neither repair the... Focus ↗
9 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar... Focus ↗
10 And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king`s scribe and the... Focus ↗
11 And they gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of them that did the work, that had the... Focus ↗
12 and to the masons and the hewers of stone, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the breach... Focus ↗
13 But there were not made for the house of Jehovah cups of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any ves... Focus ↗
14 for they gave that to them that did the work, and repaired therewith the house of Jehovah. Focus ↗
15 Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to give to them th... Focus ↗
16 The money for the trespass-offerings, and the money for the sin-offerings, was not brought into the... Focus ↗
17 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it; and Hazael set his face to... Focus ↗
18 And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his... Focus ↗
19 Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chro... Focus ↗
20 And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and smote Joash at the house of Millo, [on the way] t... Focus ↗
21 For Jozacar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he di... Focus ↗