He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Amaziah had done. ¹ 

He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty, ¹  for his mother gave him evil advice. ² 

He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Amaziah had done. ¹ 

He followed in the footsteps of ¹  the kings of Israel; he also made images of the Baals.

As for the actions of people ¹  – just as you have commanded, I have not followed in the footsteps of violent men. ² 

You crown the year with your good blessings, ¹  and you leave abundance in your wake. ² 

Hurry and look ¹  at the permanent ruins, and all the damage the enemy has done to the temple! ² 

So ¹  you will walk in the way of good people, ²  and will keep on the paths of the righteous. ³ 

Acknowledge ¹  him in all your ways, ²  and he will make your paths straight. ³ 

Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways – do not wander into her pathways;

A naive person ¹  believes everything, but the shrewd person discerns his steps. ² 

It is dangerous ¹  to have zeal ²  without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily ³  makes poor choices. ⁴ 

You have followed the ways of your sister, so I will place her cup of judgment ¹  in your hand.

Yet it was I who led ¹  Ephraim, I took them by the arm; but they did not acknowledge that I had healed them. ² 

Do not be hostile toward them, because I am not giving you any of their land, not even a footprint, for I have given Mount Seir ¹  as an inheritance for Esau.

For you became imitators, brothers and sisters, ¹  of God’s churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they in fact did from the Jews,

They said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons don’t follow your ways. So now appoint over us a king to lead ¹  us, just like all the other nations have.”

When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the trees, act decisively. For at that moment the Lord is going before you to strike down the army ¹  of the Philistines.”

Solomon did evil in the Lord’s sight; ¹  he did not remain loyal to ²  the Lord, like his father David had.

He did evil in the sight of ¹  the Lord and followed in the footsteps ²  of his father and mother; like Jeroboam son of Nebat, he encouraged Israel to sin. ³