Scripture

2 Kings 12

3 passages from 3 books in the Christian Reader library reference 2 Kings 12.

Who in Christ Are New Creatures
from A Body of Practical Divinity by Thomas Watson · cites 2 Kings 12:2

Education does much cultivate and refine nature: Education is a good wall to plant the vine of grace against, but it is not grace. King Joash was good, as long as his uncle Jehoiada lived, but when Jehoiada died, all Joash's religion was buried in his uncle's grave (2 Kings 12:2…
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Chapter 24. That Election Is Established by the Calling of God, but That the Reprobate Do Bring upon Themselves the Just Destruction to Which They Are Appointed
from The Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin · cites 2 Kings 12:17

What bud of righteousness was there in Rahab the harlot, before faith (Joshua 2:1)? In Manasseh, when Jerusalem was dipped and in a manner drowned in the blood of the Prophets (2 Kings 12:17)? In the thief, who among his last gasps began to think of repentance (Luke 22:16)?
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Chapter 6
from The Touchstone of Sincerity by John Flavel · cites 2 Kings 12:2

Fourthly, a graceless heart may be restrained from sin by the force of education and principles of morality instilled into it that way. Thus Jehoash was restrained from evil (2 Kings 12:2): 'And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days in which Jeho…
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