2 Kings 15:3

3 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, 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 began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.

2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

3 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

4 However the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

5 Yahweh struck the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death, and lived in a separate house. Jotham the king's son was over the household, judging the people of the land.