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Joash Repairs the Temple

2 Chronicles 24:2

In 11 translations

BSB
And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
KJV
And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
WEB
Joash did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
ASV
And Joash did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
LSV
And Joash does that which is right in the eyes of YHWH all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
YLT
And Joash doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
DBY
And Joash did what was right in the sight of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
DRC
And he did that which is good before the Lord all the days of Joiada the priest.
GNV
And Ioash did vprightly in the sight of the Lord, all the dayes of Iehoiada the Priest.
JPS
And Joash did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
LXXE
And Joas did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jodae the priest.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיַּ֧עַשׂ יוֹאָ֛שׁ הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כָּל־יְמֵ֖י יְהוֹיָדָ֥ע הַכֹּהֵֽן׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐποίησεν Ἰωὰς τὸ εὐθὲς ἐνώπιον Κυρίου πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας Ἰωδαὲ τοῦ ἱερέως.

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  • 2 Chronicles 26:4–5And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done. He sought God throughout the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. And as long as he sought the LORD, God gave…
  • 2 Chronicles 25:2And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.
  • 2 Chronicles 24:17–22After the death of Jehoiada, however, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them. They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and…
  • Isaiah 29:13Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
  • Psalms 106:12–13Then they believed His promises and sang His praise. Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.
  • 2 Kings 12:2And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days he was instructed by Jehoiada the priest.
  • Psalms 78:36–37But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues. Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.
  • Mark 4:16–17Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy. But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the…

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