2 Kings 12 — Overview

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In this chapter some account is given of the reign of Jehoash, that it was long, and the beginning of it good, during the life of Jehoiada, 2Ki 12:1 how urgent he was to have the temple repaired, and what methods were taken for that purpose, 2Ki 12:4, how meanly, as well as impiously, he behaved, when the king of Syria was about to come up to Jerusalem and besiege it, 2Ki 12:17, and the chapter is closed with an account of his death, and the manner of it, 2Ki 12:19.

Ver. 1. In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign,....

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