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.

And he did that which was right before the Lord, but yet not like David his father. He did according to all things that Joas his father did:

And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.

and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, only not like David his father, according to all that Joash his father did he hath done,

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, though not like David his father; he did as Joash his father had done.

And he did what is right before the Lord, yet truly, not like David, his father. He acted in accord with all the things that his father Jehoash did,

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).

And he did [that which was] (a) 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.

And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord,..... At least externally, and at the beginning of his reign:
yet not like David his father; not with a perfect heart, with that sincerity and uprightness as he did, see 2-Chronicles 25:2,
he did according to all things as Joash his father did; who at first reigned well, and then fell into idolatry, as this his son did.

AMAZIAH'S GOOD REIGN OVER JUDAH. (2-Kings 14:1-6)
He did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, 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 (compare 2-Chronicles 25:2). As in the case of his father Joash, the early promise was belied by the devious course he personally followed in later life (see 2-Chronicles 20:14), as well as by the public irregularities he tolerated in the kingdom.