Melachim Bais 15:34

34 And he did that which was yashar in the eyes of Hashem; he did according to all that Uziyah aviv had done.

Melachim Bais 15:34 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 15:34

And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord
Jarchi, in ( 2 Chronicles 27:2 ) , observes, from a writer of theirs, that in all the kings of Judah before him, even in the best, some sins were found; but in Jotham there was nothing scandalous and reproachful; and it is a high character Josephus ^F9 gives of him, that there was no virtue wanting in him; he was pious towards God, just towards men, and careful of the public good; but the inspired historian chiefly respects matters of religious worship; he did not give into idolatry:

he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done;
that is, according to what was well done by him; he did not imitate him in going into the temple to burn incense, which is particularly excepted. ( 2 Chronicles 27:2 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 Antiqu. l. 9. c. 11. sect. 2.

Melachim Bais 15:34 In-Context

32 In the second year of Pekach Ben Remalyah Melech Yisroel began Yotam Ben Uziyah Melech Yehudah to reign as melech.

34 And he did that which was yashar in the eyes of Hashem; he did according to all that Uziyah aviv had done.

35 Howbeit the [idolatrous] high places were not removed; the people offered zevakhim and burned ketoret still in the high places. He rebuilt the Sha’ar Beis Hashem HaElyon.

36 Now the rest of the acts of Yotam, and all that he did, are they not written in the Sefer Divrei HaYamim L’Malkhei Yehudah?