³ He did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight, just as his father, Amaziah, had done.

⁴ He did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight, just as his father, Amaziah, had done.

³ Amaziah did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight, but not like his ancestor David. Instead, he followed the example of his father, Joash. ⁴ Amaziah did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.

² All his life Joash did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight because Jehoiada the priest instructed him. ³ Yet even so, he did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.