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He did what the Lord approved,[a] but not like David his ancestor had done. He followed the example of his father Joash.[b] But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

When he had secured control of the kingdom,[c] he executed the servants who had assassinated his father.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 14:3 tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord.”
  2. 2 Kings 14:3 tn Heb “according to all which Joash his father had done, he did.”
  3. 2 Kings 14:5 tn Heb “when the kingdom was secure in his hand.”
  4. 2 Kings 14:5 tn Heb “he struck down his servants, the ones who had struck down the king, his father.”