2 Kings 14:3

3 He did right in the eyes of Yahweh, only not as David his ancestor; as all which Jehoash his father had done, he did.

2 Kings 14:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 14:3

And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord
. At least externally, and at the beginning of his reign:

yet not like David his father;
not with a perfect heart, with that sincerity and uprightness as he did, see ( 2 Chronicles 25:2 ) ,

he did according to all things as Joash his father did;
who at first reigned well, and then fell into idolatry, as this his son did.

2 Kings 14:3 In-Context

1 In the second year of Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Jehoash king of Judah began to reign.

2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; and the name of his mother [was] Jehoaddin from Jerusalem.

3 He did right in the eyes of Yahweh, only not as David his ancestor; as all which Jehoash his father had done, he did.

4 Only the high places were not removed; the people [were] still sacrificing and offering incense on the high places.

5 It happened that when the kingdom was firmly in his hand, he killed his servants who had killed his father the king.

Footnotes

• [a] Or "father"