Discovery Box2 Kings 17:8 
Context17:8 they observed the practices 1 of the nations whom the Lord had driven out from before Israel, and followed the example of the kings of Israel. 2
2 Kings 21:21
Context21:21 He followed in the footsteps of his father 3 and worshiped and bowed down to the disgusting idols 4 which his father had worshiped. 5
2 Kings 22:2
Context22:2 He did what the Lord approved 6 and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; 7 he did not deviate to the right or the left.
1 tn Heb “walked in the customs.”
2 tn Heb “and [the practices of] the kings of Israel which they did.”
3 tn Heb “walked in all the way which his father walked.”
4 sn See the note at 1 Kgs 15:12.
5 tn Heb “and he served the disgusting idols which his father served and he bowed down to them.”
6 tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the
7 tn Heb “and walked in all the way of David his father.”
