2 Kings 23:32 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

i.e. His grandparents, Manasseh and Amon. He restored that idolatry which his father had destroyed, partly to gratify the generality of the people, who had made him king, and who were inclined to their old superstitions even in Josiah's time, as was observed before, though restrained from the outward acts by fear; and partly to sweeten the king of Egypt, who possibly was a zealous idolater, by his compliance with him in the worship of idols.

2 Kings 23:32

32 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.