Then Solomon passed away and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam replaced him as king.

Stand in the sanctuary and, together with the Levites, represent the family divisions of your countrymen.

“Your father made us work too hard! Now if you lighten the demands he made and don’t make us work as hard, we will serve you.”

My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.’”

Jehoshaphat passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. His son Jehoram replaced him as king.

Don’t be like your fathers and brothers who were unfaithful to the Lord God of their ancestors, provoking him to destroy them, as you can see.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord, just like his father Manasseh had done. He offered sacrifices to all the idols his father Manasseh had made, and worshiped them.

Solomon replied to God, “You demonstrated great loyalty to my father David and have made me king in his place.

Now I am sending you Huram Abi, a skilled and capable man,

Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the Lord God of Israel.

Then Rehoboam passed away and was buried in the City of David. His son Abijah replaced him as king.

He ordered Judah to seek the Lord God of their ancestors and to observe his law and commands.

They solemnly agreed to seek the Lord God of their ancestors with their whole heart and being.

He brought the holy items that his father and he had made into God’s temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles.

Asa passed away in the forty-first year of his reign.

but instead sought the God of his ancestors and obeyed his commands, unlike the Israelites.

He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved.

However, the high places were not eliminated; the people were still not devoted to the God of their ancestors.

When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father.

His body was carried back by horses, and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors in the City of David.