² He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father David had done.

¹ Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for sixteen years; he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord, like David his father:

² And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of his father David, without turning to the right hand or to the left.