2 Kings 12:1-3

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

12 ¹ In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beer-sheba.^{(A) 2} Throughout the time the priest Jehoiada^(B) instructed^(C) him, Joash did what was right in the Lord’s sight.^{(D) 3} Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.^(E)