2 Kings 14:3

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.

He did that which was right ... yet not like David his father. The beginning of his reign was excellent, for he acted the part of a constitutional king, according to the law of God, yet not with perfect sincerity of heart (cf. 2 Chronicles 25:2); for, as in the case of his father, Joash, the early promise was belied by the devious course he personally followed in later life (see the notes at 2 Chronicles 20:14), as well as by the public irregularities he tolerated in the kingdom.