2 Chronicles 24:2

Joash Repairs The Temple

¹ Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah from Beersheba. ² Joash did what was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest [his uncle]. ³ Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he fathered sons and daughters.

Eyes of the Lord

In the Sight of the Lord

Jehoiada

Jehovah

Joash

2 Chronicles 25:2

He did right in the sight of the Lord, yet not wholeheartedly.

2 Chronicles 26:4-5

He did right in the sight of the Lord, in accordance with everything that his father Amaziah had done.

2 Kings 12:2

Jehoash did right in the sight of the Lord all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

2 Chronicles 24:17-22

Now after the death of Jehoiada [the priest, who had hidden Joash], the officials of Judah came and bowed down to King Joash; then the king listened to them.

Psalm 78:36-37

Nevertheless they flattered Him with their mouths
And lied to Him with their tongues.

Psalm 106:12-13

Then Israel believed in [the validity of] His words;
They sang His praise.

Isaiah 29:13

Then the Lord said,

“Because this nation approaches [Me only] with their words
And honors Me [only] with their lip service,
But they remove their hearts far from Me,
And their reverence for Me is a tradition that is learned by rote [without any regard for its meaning],

Mark 4:16-17

In a similar way these [in the second group] are the ones on whom seed was sown on rocky ground, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy [but accept it only superficially];