2 Kings 15:3

3 And he did that which was pleasing before the Lord, according to all that his father, Amasias, 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 seven and twentieth year of Jeroboam, king of Israel, reigned Azarias, son of Amasias, king of Juda.

2 He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Jechelia, of Jerusalem.

3 And he did that which was pleasing before the Lord, according to all that his father, Amasias, had done.

4 But the high places he did not destroy, for the people sacrificed, and burnt incense in the high places.

5 And the Lord struck the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and he dwelt in a free house apart: but Joatham, the king’s son, governed the palace, and judged the people of the land.