Throughout the time the priest Jehoiada instructed him, Joash did what was right in the Lord’s sight.
Jeremiah 34:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Today you repented and did what pleased me, each of you proclaiming freedom for his neighbour. You made a covenant before me at the house that bears my name. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And you recently turned around and repented, doing what was right in My sight by proclaiming liberty each one to his neighbor [who was his bond servant]; and you made a covenant or pledge before Me in the house which is called by My Name. American Standard Version (1901) And ye were now turned, and had done that which is right in mine eyes, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name: Common English Bible Recently you turned about and did what was right in my sight; each of you proclaimed liberty for the other and made a covenant before me in the temple that bears my name. Catholic Public Domain Version And today you converted, and you did what is right in my eyes, so that you proclaimed liberty, each one to his friend. And you entered into a pact in my sight, in the house in which and over which my name is invoked. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And you turned to-day and did that which was right in my eyes, in proclaiming liberty every one to his brother: and you made a covenant in my sight, in the house upon which my name is invocated. |
Throughout the time the priest Jehoiada instructed him, Joash did what was right in the Lord’s sight.
He did what was right in the Lord’s sight, but not like his ancestor David. He did everything his father Joash had done.
Next, the king stood by the pillar , and made a covenant in the Lord’s presence to follow the Lord and to keep his commands, his decrees, and his statutes with all his heart and with all his soul in order to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book; all the people agreed to the covenant.
join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath , to follow the law of God given through God’s servant Moses and to obey carefully all the commands, ordinances, and statutes of the Lord our Lord.
They seek me day after day and delight to know my ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not abandon the justice of their God. They ask me for righteous judgements; they delight in the nearness of God.’
They have placed their abhorrent things in the house that bears my name and have defiled it.
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after King Zedekiah made a covenant with all the people who were in Jerusalem to proclaim freedom to them.
You are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim freedom in the land for all its inhabitants. It will be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and each of you to his clan.
This people honours me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.