And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, yet not like David his father. He did in all things as Joash his father had done.
Amaziah, the son and successor of Joash, is the king whom here we have an account of. Let us take a view of him, I. In the temple; and there he acted, in some measure, well, like Joash, but not like David, Kg2 14:3.
Commenting on 2 Kings 14:1-7
Howbeit the high places were not taken away,.... Though he first did that which was right before God; nor did his father take them away; see Kg2 12:3. . 2 Kings 14:5 kg2 14:5 kg2 14:5 kg2 14:5And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was strengthened in his hand,....
And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did. (a) In the beginning of his reign he seemed to have an outward show of godliness, but later he became an idolater and worshipped the idols of the Idumeans.