2Ki 12:2 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 2Kgs 12:2-3: 12:2-3 Joash ’s indebtedness to Jehoiada , the priest who instructed him , kept him faithful to the Lord while Jehoiada was alive. However, after Jehoiada’s death, godless leaders influenced Joash to forsake the Lord and follow Canaanite practices (see 2 Chr 24:17-22 ). • Joash’s failure to destroy the pagan shrines later became a source of spiritual compromise. Royal tolerance of such shrines in Judah had previously provoked God’s anger (1 Kgs 14:23-26 ) and would do so again in Joash’s day (2 Chr 24:23-24 ).

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b2 Chr 24:17-22►

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‏ 2 Kings 12:2

Summary for 2Kgs 12:2-3: 12:2-3 ^a Joash’s indebtedness to Jehoiada, the priest who instructed him, kept him faithful to the Lord while Jehoiada was alive. However, after Jehoiada’s death, godless leaders influenced Joash to forsake the Lord and follow Canaanite practices (see 2 Chr 24:17-22 ^b).

• Joash’s failure to destroy the pagan shrines later became a source of spiritual compromise. Royal tolerance of such shrines in Judah had previously provoked God’s anger (1 Kgs 14:23-26 ^c) and would do so again in Joash’s day (2 Chr 24:23-24 ^d).