3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father did.
3 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David had done.
3 And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done.
3 In God's opinion he was a good king; he kept to the standards of his ancestor David.
3 And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David had done.
3 He did what was pleasing in the Lord 's sight, just as his ancestor David had done.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Kings 18:3
Commentary on 2 Kings 18:1-8
(Read 2 Kings 18:1-8)
Hezekiah was a true son of David. Some others did that which was right, but not like David. Let us not suppose that when times and men are bad, they must needs grow worse and worse; that does not follow: after many bad kings, God raised one up like David himself. The brazen serpent had been carefully preserved, as a memorial of God's goodness to their fathers in the wilderness; but it was idle and wicked to burn incense to it. All helps to devotion, not warranted by the word of God, interrupt the exercise of faith; they always lead to superstition and other dangerous evils. Human nature perverts every thing of this kind. True faith needs not such aids; the word of God, daily thought upon and prayed over, is all the outward help we need.