1 Kings 15:3

15:3 He followed all the sinful practices of his father before him. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his ancestor David had been. ¹ 

1 Kings 15:26

15:26 He did evil in the sight of ²  the Lord. He followed in his father’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin. ³ 

1 Kings 15:34

15:34 He did evil in the sight of ⁴  the Lord; he followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin. ⁵ 

1 Kings 16:26

16:26 He followed in the footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat and encouraged Israel to sin; ⁶  they angered the Lord God of Israel with their worthless idols. ⁷ 

1 Kings 21:11

21:11 The men of the ⁸  city, the leaders ⁹  and the nobles who lived there, ¹⁰  followed the written orders Jezebel had sent them. ¹¹ 

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¹ tn Heb “his heart was not complete with the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.”

² tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

³ tn Heb “and he walked in the way of his father and in his sin which he made Israel sin.”

⁴ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

⁵ tn Heb “and he walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he made Israel sin.”

⁶ tn Heb “walked in all the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sin which he made Israel sin.”

⁷ tn Heb “angering the Lord God of Israel with their empty things.”

⁸ tn Heb “his.”

⁹ tn Heb “elders.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and the nobles who were living in his city.”

¹¹ tn Heb “did as Jezebel sent to them, just as was written in the scrolls which she sent to them.”