But in the God of his father, and walk in his commandments, and not according to the sins of Israel.

for to the God of his father he hath sought, and in His commands he hath walked, and not according to the work of Israel.

But turning to the God of his father and keeping his laws, and not doing as Israel did.

but in the God of his father. And he advanced in his precepts, and not according to the sins of Israel.

The doings of Israel - i. e. the especially idolatrous doings of the time - the introduction and establishment of the worship of Baal and the groves.

But sought to the Lord God of his fathers,.... Prayed to him, worshipped and served him:
and walked in his commandments; observed and kept them, moral, ceremonial, and judicial:
and not after the doings of Israel: who worshipped the golden calves at Daniel and Bethel.

and not after the doings of Israel--He observed with scrupulous fidelity, and employed his royal influence to support the divine institutions as enacted by Moses, abhorring that spurious and unlawful calf-worship that now formed the established religion in Israel. Being thus far removed, alike from gross idolatry and Israelitish apostasy, and adhering zealously to the requirements of the divine law, the blessing of God rested on his government. Ruling in the fear of God, and for the good of his subjects, "the Lord established the kingdom in his hand."