And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:

And he walked in all the way in which his father had walked: and he served the abominations which his father had served, and he adored them;

and walketh in all the way that his father walked in, and serveth the idols that his father served, and boweth himself to them,

He went in all the ways of his father, being a servant and worshipper of the false gods to which his father had been a servant;

And he walked in all the ways in which his father had walked. And he served the unclean things that his father had served, and he adored them.

At Manasseh's death, the idolatrous party, held in some check during his later years 2-Chronicles 33:15-17, recovered the entire direction of affairs, and obtained authority from Amon to make once more all the changes which Manasseh had made in the early part of his reign. Hence, we find the state of things at Josiah's accession 2-Kings 23:4-14; Zephaniah 1:4-12; Zephaniah 3:1-7, the exact counterpart of that which had existed under Manasseh.

And he walked in all the ways that his father walked in,.... In his wicked way, his idolatry, witchcraft, and murders:
and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them; Baal, Ashtoreth, and all the host of heaven, and all the carved images his father made, which it seems he only removed, but did not break in pieces, 2-Chronicles 33:22.

He walked, &c. - He revived that idolatry which Manasseh in the latter end of his reign had put down. Those who set bad examples, if they repent themselves, cannot be sure that they whom their example has drawn into sin will repent. It is often otherwise.