2 Kings 14:3

King James Version (KJV)

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.

Albert Barnes
Notes on the Whole Bible

He did … as Joash - There is a curious parity between the lives of Joash and Amaziah. Both were zealous for Yahweh in the earlier portion of their reigns, but in the latter part fell away; both disregarded the rebukes of prophets; and both, having forsaken God, were in the end conspired against and slain (compare 2 Chronicles 24:25; 2 Chronicles 25:27).

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Matthew Henry
Concise Bible Commentary

Amaziah began well, but did not go on so. It is not enough to do that which our pious predecessors did, merely to keep up the common usage, but we must do it as they did, from the same principle of faith and devotion, and with the same sincerity and resolution.

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Cross References

A. M. 3165-3194. B.C. 839-810. he did

he did according