2 Chronicles 24:2 Cross References - Thomson

² And Joas did what was right in the sight of the Lord, all the days of Jodae the priest.

² And Joas did what was right in the sight of the Lord, all the time Jodae the priest, instructed him.

¹⁷ And after the death of Jodae the chiefs of Juda came and paid homage to the king; and the king hearkened to them. ¹⁸ And they forsook the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and served the Astartes and the idols, and there was wrath against Juda and against Jerusalem at that time. ¹⁹ When he had sent prophets to them to turn them to the Lord, and they would not hearken; when he had testified against them and they would not obey; ²⁰ then the Spirit of God came upon Azarias the priest, the son of Jodae, and he stood above the people and said, Thus saith the Lord, Why do you transgress the commandments of the Lord? You cannot prosper. Because you have forsaken the Lord, therefore he will forsake you. ²¹ Upon this they fell upon him and stoned him by the command of the king, in the court of the house of the Lord. ²² Thus Joas remembered not the kindness which Jodae his father had done him, but put to death his son, and when he was dying he said, May the Lord see and judge.

² and he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart.

⁴ And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amasias had done; ⁵ and he continued to seek the Lord all the days of Zacharias, who instructed him in the fear of the Lord. In his days indeed he sought the Lord, and the Lord prospered him.

³⁶ though they expressed love for him with their mouth, they lied to him with their tongue, ³⁷ and their heart was not right with him, nor were they stedfast in his covenant.

¹² Though they believed his words, though they sang his praise; ¹³ they soon forgot his works, they waited not for his counsel.

¹³ The Lord hath indeed said, [J] "This people draw near to me with their mouth; and with their lips they honour me; but their heart is far from me: and in vain do they worship me, teaching the commands and doctrines of men:

¹⁶ And in like manner the rocky ground denoteth those, who, when they hear the word, receive it immediately with joy; ¹⁷ but not having it rooted in them, they are but temporary; so that when tribulation, or persecution cometh because of the word, they are instantly stumbled.