Verse Lens · Context pointer
2 Kings 12:2 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 2. 2And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
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Role in This Section
This verse advances the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence: “And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Joash is evaluated under Jehoiada's instruction.”
Read It With
- 2 Kings 12:1–3
Read 2 Kings 12:2 with 12:1–3. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Joash's reign is dated and called right during Jehoiada's instruction, while high places remain active.
Why It Needs Context
2 Kings 12:2 depends on 12:1–3; isolating “And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada…” would detach a supporting action, quotation, name, number, object, or transition from “Joash is evaluated under Jehoiada's instruction.”
Read 2 Kings 12:1–3 together
Why these verses belong together: 2 Kings 12:1–3 forms one scene or regnal notice: Joash's reign is dated and called right during Jehoiada's instruction, while high places remain active.
Verse 1. 1 In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
Verse 2. 2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
Verse 3. 3 But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
Continue in Context
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Read 2 Kings 12:1–3 — Joash is evaluated under Jehoiada's instructionSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 2 Kings 12:1–3, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Kings
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, royal formulas, clause relationships, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/2Kgs.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 12:1–3
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