2 Kings 12:2

2Ki 12:2 And Jehoash did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

Ver. 2. All his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. ] As when Jehoiada died, Jehoash revolted from the Lord. Nero, while he would be instructed by Seneca and Burrhus, was of so good a carriage that Trajan was wont to say, None ever came near him; but this lasted for five years only. In Apostatis -

“ Principium fervet, medium tepet, exitus alger. ”