2 Kings 14:3

3 He lived the way God wanted and did the right thing. But he didn't come up to the standards of his ancestor David; instead he lived pretty much as his father Joash had;

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 son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah.

2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jehoaddin. She was from Jerusalem.

3 He lived the way God wanted and did the right thing. But he didn't come up to the standards of his ancestor David; instead he lived pretty much as his father Joash had;

4 the local sex-and-religion shrines continued to stay in business with people frequenting them.

5 When he had the affairs of the kingdom well in hand, he executed the palace guard that had assassinated his father the king.