2 Chronicles 24:2

And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Joash	יוֹאָ֛שׁ yo.'Ash	H3101	Joash · proper noun, a man's name
did	וַיַּ֧עַשׂ vai.Ya.'as	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
right	הַיָּשָׁ֖ר hai.ya.Shar	H3477	straight (literally or figuratively) · definite article + adjective, masculine singular absolute
sight	בְּעֵינֵ֣י be.'ei.Nei	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · preposition + noun, common feminine dual construct
LORD	יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
days	יְמֵ֖י ye.Mei	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Jehoiada	יְהוֹיָדָ֥ע ye.ho.ya.Da'	H3077	Jehojada · proper noun, a man's name
priest	הַכֹּהֵֽן ha.ko.Hen	H3548	literally one officiating · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

2 Chronicles 25:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.
2 Chronicles 26:4-5 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
2 Chronicles 24:17-22 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.
2 Kings 12:2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
Psalms 78:36-37 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
Psalms 106:12-13 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
Isaiah 29:13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their he…
Mark 4:16-17 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 24:1-14

This account of Joash's good beginnings we had as it stands here Kg2 12:1, etc., though the latter part of this chapter, concerning his apostasy, we had little of there. What is good in men we should take all occasions to speak of and often repeat it; what is evil we should make mention of but sparingly, and no more than is needful. We shall here only observe, 1. That it is a happy thing for young people, when they are setting out in the world, to be under the direction of those that are wise and good and faithful to them, as Joash was under the influence of Jehoiada, during whose time he did that which was right. Let those that are young reckon it a blessing to them, and not a burden and ch…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 24:1

Joash was seven years old - As he was hidden six years in the temple, and was but seven when he came to the throne, he could have been but one year old when he was secreted by his aunt; see on Ch2 22:10 (note).

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 24:1

Joash was seven years old when he began to reign,.... This, and the following verse, are the same with 2 Kings 11:21. See Gill on 2 Kings 12:1. See Gill on 2 Kings 12:2.

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 24:1

Joash reigned from 835 to 796 BC.

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 24:2

all the days of Jehoiada And in II Kings (12:3) it is written: “all his days, [he did] that which Jehoiada the priest instructed him,” but after he died, the officers of the king came to prostrate themselves to him and to deify him (below verse 17). In the midrash (Exod. Rabbah 8:2, Tan. Buber, Va’era) it is explained that, because he hid in the Holy of Holies and was not harmed, they said, “You are fit to be a god.”

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Dictionary and topics

Jehoiada · .Sa — .Sa
Joash · .Righteousness of, un — .Righteousness of, un

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).