And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;
He walked in the first ways of his father David. He imitated the piety of his great ancestor in the early part of his reign, before he made those unhappy lapses which dishonoured his character.
And sought not unto Baalim - a term used for idols generally, in contradistinction to the Lord God of his father.