Joash did very well while Jehoida mentored him, but back-slid after Jehoida died.

2 Kings 12:19. And Joash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated and his own hallowed things and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the House of the LORD* and in the king’s house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria, and he went away from Jerusalem. 20. And the rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

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