Joash's piety under Jehoiada — 'And Joash did what was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest' (ויעשׂ יואשׁ הישׁר בעיני יהוה כל ימי יהוידע הכהן). The conditional assessment — 'all the days of Jehoiada the priest' (כל ימי יהוידע הכהן) — establishes Joash's righteousness as dependent on Jehoiada's guidance. The phrase does what is 'right in the sight of the LORD' (הישׁר בעיני יהוה) indicates covenantal obedience. The conditionality is theologically significant: Joash's virtue is derivative, mediated through the priest's wisdom. This sets up the later apostasy when Joash, after Jehoiada's death, abandons the priest's counsel.

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