A moment in scripture
2 Kings 12:1
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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.
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The surrounding passage
- 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.
- 2 Kings 12:3
But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.