1 Kings 14:8

14:8 I tore the kingdom away from the Davidic dynasty and gave it to you. But you are not like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me wholeheartedly by doing only what I approve. ¹ 

1 Kings 16:2

16:2 “I raised you up ²  from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps ³  and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry. ⁴ 

1 Kings 16:19

16:19 This happened because of the sins he committed. He did evil in the sight of ⁵  the Lord and followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to continue sinning. ⁶ 

1 Kings 22:43

22:43 He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved. ⁷  (22:44) ⁸  However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

1 Kings 22:52

22:52 He did evil in the sight of ⁹  the Lord and followed in the footsteps ¹⁰  of his father and mother; like Jeroboam son of Nebat, he encouraged Israel to sin. ¹¹ 

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¹ tn Heb “what was right in my eyes.”

² tn The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 2-3 are one sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (v. 2) and the main clause announcing the punishment (v. 3). The translation divides this sentence for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Heb “walked in the way of Jeroboam.”

⁴ tn Heb “angering me by their sins.”

⁵ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

⁶ tn Heb “walking in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he did to make Israel sin.”

⁷ tn Heb “he walked in all the way of Asa his father and did not turn from it, doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord.”

⁸ sn Beginning with 22:43b, the verse numbers through 22:53 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), because 22:43b in the English Bible = 22:44 in the Hebrew text. The remaining verses in the chapter differ by one, with 22:44-53 ET = 22:45-54 HT.

⁹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

¹⁰ tn Or “way.”

¹¹ tn Heb “and walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother and in the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat who made Israel sin.”