1 Kings 15:3

3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.

1 Kings 15:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 15:3

And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done
before him
Having such bad examples as both parents to copy after; it chiefly respects idolatrous practices, see ( 1 Kings 14:23 ) ,

and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God;
he did profess the true God, and worshipped him, but not wholly, and only, and sincerely; he worshipped other gods besides him: and so his heart was not

as the heart of David his father;
who was a sole and sincere worshipper of God, never departed from him and his service.

1 Kings 15:3 In-Context

1 Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah.

2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.

4 Nevertheless for David’s sake, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem.

5 Because David had done that which was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from any thing that he had commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah, the Hittite.