2 Kings 15:3

3 And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done,

2 Kings 15:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 15:3

And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord
At the beginning of his reign, and in an external way:

according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
who did not do what he did as David, sincerely and cordially, ( 2 Kings 14:3 ) ( 2 Chronicles 25:2 ) .

2 Kings 15:3 In-Context

1 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah the son of Amaziah, king of Judah, became king.

2 He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.

3 And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done,

4 except that the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

5 Then the Lord struck the king, so that he was a leper until the day of his death; so he dwelt in an isolated house. And Jotham the king's son was over the royal house, judging the people of the land.