2 Kings 14:3

3 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, yet not like David his father; he did in all things as Jo'ash his father had done.

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 Jo'ash the son of Jo'ahaz, king of Israel, Amazi'ah the son of Jo'ash, king of Judah, began to reign.

2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jeho-ad'din of Jerusalem.

3 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, yet not like David his father; he did in all things as Jo'ash his father had done.

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

5 And as soon as the royal power was firmly in his hand he killed his servants who had slain the king his father.