Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 15:34
And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
32 38. Jotham king of Judah. Commencement of the plots of Israel against Judah (2Ch 27:1-9)
34. according to all that his father Uzziah had done ] The Chronicler notes the great exception ‘Howbeit he entered not into the temple of the Lord’. As this sin of Uzziah had not been recorded by the compiler of Kings, it is natural that he should not allude to it in the notice of Jotham.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Jotham imitated his father in all respects, excepting in his impious usurpation of the priestly functions (2Ki 15:5 note; 2Ch 27:2).
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord,…. Jarchi, in 2Ch 27:2, observes, from a writer of theirs, that in all the kings of Judah before him, even in the best, some sins were found; but in Jotham there was nothing scandalous and reproachful; and it is a high character Josephus i gives of him, that there was no virtue wanting in him; he was pious towards God, just towards men, and careful of the public good; but the inspired historian chiefly respects matters of religious worship; he did not give into idolatry:
he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done; that is, according to what was well done by him; he did not imitate him in going into the temple to burn incense, which is particularly excepted.
2Ch 27:2.
i Antiqu. l. 9. c. 11. sect. 2.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
2Ki 15:34 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
Ver. 34. And he did that which was right. ] Both for matter, manner, motive, and end; a good prince he was.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
all: i.e. all [the good].
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
according: 2Ki 15:3, 2Ki 15:4, 2Ch 26:4, 2Ch 26:5, 2Ch 27:2
Reciprocal: 2Ki 15:6 – Azariah 2Ki 16:2 – did not
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
15:34 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD: he did according {l} to all that his father Uzziah had done.
(l) He shows that his uprightness was not such, but that he had many great faults.