He did right in the sight of the LORD, yet not with a whole heart.This is the first time I recall this description being used. Normally a king is described as either doing good or doing evil before God. I don't recall any before being "pretty good, but...." There were others who did good but later drifted away, and I don't recall them being left with qualifiers this way.
What does it mean, anyhow? Did he do the right things, but with the wrong motives? Or did he play-act, and do the right stuff because he was supposed to, not because he wants to? I feel like that latter description covers me a lot of the time. I do the good deeds I'm "supposed to," but I often am having to crush resentment, or fight boredom, or play-act while doing them. Yet I fear this kind of description of my life, when all is looked back upon.
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