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 reigned Abijam over Judah.

2 Three years he reigned in Jerusalem. And 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 did [that which was] right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any [thing] that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.