1 Kings 15:3

3 He walked in all the sins of his father which he had committed before him; and ¹his heart was not wholly devoted to the LORD his God, like the heart of his father David.

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 became king over Judah.

2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

3 He walked in all the sins of his father which he had committed before him; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the LORD his God, like the heart of his father David.

4 But for David's sake the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem;

5 because David did what was right in the sight of the LORD , and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 11:4; Psalms 119:80

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "complete with"