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2 Kings 12:2 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Jehoash did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him. "

2 Kings 12:2

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1 Jehoash began to reign in the seventh year of Jehu, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

2 Jehoash did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

3 However, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.

4 Jehoash said to the priests, “All the money of the holy things that is brought into the LORD’s house, in current money, the money of the people for whom each man is evaluated, and all the money that it comes into any man’s heart to bring into the LORD’s house,

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2 Kings 12:1

"Jehoash began to reign in the seventh year of Jehu, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba."

2 Kings 12:3

"However, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places."

2 Kings 12:4

"Jehoash said to the priests, “All the money of the holy things that is brought into the LORD’s house, in current money, the money of the people for whom each man is evaluated, and all the money that it comes into any man’s heart to bring into the LORD’s house,"

2 Kings 12:5

"let the priests take it to them, each man from his donor; and they shall repair the damage to the house, wherever any damage is found.”"

2 Kings 12:6

"But it was so, that in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash the priests had not repaired the damage to the house."

2 Kings 12:7

"Then King Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests, and said to them, “Why aren’t you repairing the damage to the house? Now therefore take no more money from your treasurers, but deliver it for repair of the damage to the house.”"

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