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2 Chronicles 24:2–3

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And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
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  1. 2 Chronicles 25:2Rank 1 from verse 2
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    2And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart.

  2. 2 Chronicles 26:4–5Rank 2 from verse 2
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    4And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah did.

    5And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper.

  3. 2 Chronicles 24:17–22Rank 3 from verse 2
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    17Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

    18And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.

    19Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the Lord; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.

    20And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the Lord, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the Lord, he hath also forsaken you.

    21And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the Lord.

    22Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The Lord look upon it, and require it.

  4. 2 Kings 12:2Rank 4 from verse 2
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    2And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

  5. Isaiah 29:13Rank 5 from verse 2
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    13¶ Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

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  1. 2 Chronicles 24:15Rank 1 from verse 3
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    15¶ But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.

  2. Genesis 21:21Rank 2 from verse 3
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    21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

  3. Genesis 24:4Rank 3 from verse 3
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    4But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

  4. Genesis 4:19Rank 4 from verse 3
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    19¶ And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

  5. Matthew 19:4–8Rank 5 from verse 3
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    4And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

    5And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

    6Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

    7They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

    8He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

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2 Chronicles 24:2

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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right

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1. Correct, just, upright, proper, lawful, fitting, true, or due; also a rightful claim or authority. 2. The direction or side opposite the left. 3. Straight, favourable, skilful, or approved. 4. Very, quite, or fully.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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sight

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1. The act or power of seeing. 2. A thing seen, view, or appearance. 3. Presence or observation.

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priest

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One appointed to sacred service, ministering in things pertaining to God or a deity, especially by offering gifts or sacrifices.

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2 Chronicles 24:3

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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begat

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1. Fathered or brought forth as offspring; in a genealogy, identified a male progenitor in the stated line. 2. Brought forth, formed, or gave life in a spiritual or figurative relation.

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1JOASH was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.

2And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

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3And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.

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4¶ And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the Lord.

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