2 Chronicles 25:2 - Exposition

Not with a perfect heart . This is illustrated by his coming "to set up the gods of Edom" ( 2 Chronicles 25:14-16 , 2 Chronicles 25:20 ); also by what the parallel supplies, that he resembled Joash rather than David, and did not suppress "the high places, sacrifices, and in-cense-burning'' ( 2 Kings 14:3 , 2 Kings 14:4 ). In almost all cases, the not perfect heart speaks of that which began well, but did not "endure unto the end."